Totally unco-ordinated experience for my chemotherapy treatment.
I was told to go for blood tests on the Thursday, before Good Friday. The first thing I was told when arriving at the Pilgrim hospital was that they needed to take blood tests, as I had not been for blood tests the day before (Wednesday). I said that I had been told to have blood tests on the preceding Thursday, so that these results were available to pharmacy, so that the Chemotherapy could be made up at Lincoln, and transported to Boston for 10:00am on Thursday.
It was only when the nursing staff then read their notes that it was discovered that the prescribed medication was by subcutaneous injection.
The specialist consultants in the Hematology Department are not able to arrange for the correct prescription, to be issued at the correct time, meaning that everyone is inconvenienced by this.
Sadly, I feel that publishing this feedback will not change anything as the nursing staff and the specialist consultants in the Hematology Department do not appear to listen to their patients!
"Chemotherapy treatment"
About: Pilgrim Hospital / Clinical haematology Pilgrim Hospital Clinical haematology PE21 9QS Pilgrim Hospital / Oncology Pilgrim Hospital Oncology Boston PE21 9QS
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