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"Arriva cancelled and my mum missed her appointment"

About: Arriva Transport Solutions Limited The Great Western Hospital / Breast surgery

(as a relative),

I am absolutely disgusted with Arriva. My mum was booked in to go to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire at 11. 55am. At 11am, someone from Arriva contacted us to ask what assistance my mum needed. We told Arriva that my mum needed a wheelchair and someone was going to get back to us but it wasn't until we contacted the department at the hospital that we realised that Arriva was running an hour and a half late. Now this has happened, my mum missed her appointment and had to wait another week. During the time between the missed appointment and the rebooking, my mum was admitted to hospital due to an underlying infection (sepsis). Had she not missed the appointment that she had booked this could have been picked up and dealt with. I would also like to point out that my mum has secondary breast cancer and is terminally ill. These appointments are vital for my mum's wellbeing. This is also not the first time this has happened.

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Response from Arriva Transport Solutions Limited 6 years ago
Submitted on 04/07/2017 at 15:40
Published on Care Opinion at 16:57


Thank you for making us aware of this and I am very sorry to hear about the poor experience your mother has had of the patient transport service. We take all incidents such as this extremely seriously and would like to investigate further. This will allow us to provide you with a comprehensive explanation of why your mother experienced this delay as well as put in measures to help prevent this from occurring again in future. Our Patient Experience Team can be contacted using the details below.

Tel: 0345 600 6068 (9am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Email: patientexperience@arriva.co.uk
Post: Arriva Transport Solutions, 3rd Floor, Crescent Centre, Temple Back, Bristol, BS1 6EZ

Thank you.

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