"Poor"

I have to say it wasn't the best visit to see a consultant I've had, in fact it was indeed the worst.

I had to wait over an hour past the appointment time and when I was eventually called through by a lovely nurse, I was taken to the consultants room where a woman sat. On entering she turned to the nurse and told her she didn't have time as she was going to a meeting and didn't even look at me or say hello. I was immediately ushered out of her room and taken to another room by the nurse who apologised profusely and she promised to find someone that would see me.

She went off to seek help, and I could hear her talking to colleagues within earshot of me and she was asking what to do...they basically told her it's not their problem.

She came back about 5 minutes later and told me that someone will see me in a few minutes. She was so lovely and her colleagues let her down badly, all of them.

I was then taken to see the consultant who was friendly on arrival and asked me a few questions about what was happening. He then asked me to sit in the chair so he could look at my bits in the presence of the nurse. I wasn't sat for more than a minute in the chair whilst he looked from a distance. I then got dressed and sat down at his desk. He said I LS which is what I knew already and wrote out a prescription for steroid cream. I asked what happens next? He said nothing. I said not even a follow up? He said no... I said I was a member of a group for this issue and all the ladies get follow up appointments and monitored for this condition. He then decided I could have a follow up in December.

Quite frankly I don't have any confidence going forward with Bedford Gynae and I have asked my GP to refer me to another hospital which she has now done.

I have today left a voicemail in Gynae to cancel my December follow up appointment and will no doubt have to wait at least a year now to be seen by the other hospital but would rather wait for another year than receive the treatment I have received to date at Bedford Hospital.

So disappointing, it's hard putting your private parts on display for all to see without being dismissed and having been put off by the other consultant that same day. I had waited since March for this appointment and had to fight tooth and nail for it. Bedford Hospital needs to do better I'm afraid in this department.