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About: Nightingale Hospital Exeter / Centre of Excellence for Eyes Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford) / Ophthalmology

(as the patient),

I had a letter to attend my ophthalmology appointment at the Nightingale Hospital early April.  I got a phone call asking me if i could attend an earlier appointment they day before instead to which I agreed.

I am in my 80s and disabled. I cannot walk very far at all, so I paid for a taxi to take me to the appointment. I got there for them to tell me I was at the wrong hospital and I needed to get a taxi to the Royal Devon and Exeter.  I told them i did not have enough money to do that, I had just enough taxi fare to get myself home.  They said they would ring the hospital for me and explain the mix-up and that i would be late arriving.  I told them to inform them that I would not be able to attend at all that day. 

I don't think this is acceptable and i will be trying to ring the hospital for more answers.

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Response from Helen Bowmer, Admin Services Manager (Eastern Services), Nightingale Hospital, Exeter (Eastern Services), Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4 weeks ago
Helen Bowmer
Admin Services Manager (Eastern Services), Nightingale Hospital, Exeter (Eastern Services),
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 03/04/2025 at 11:08
Published on Care Opinion at 11:08


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Dear marscg66,

I am one of the managers at the nightingale hospital. Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback. I am so sorry that you had that experience with us. If you could email our enquiries inbox on rduh.nightingaleexeterenquiries@nhs.net with your details so we can look into this and ensure that this doesn't happen to anyone else. Again I am so sorry for your wasted trip.

Kind regards,

Helen Bowmer

Admin Services Manager

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