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"Re-arranging weekend clinic appointments"

About: Queen Marys Hospital (Sidcup)

The provision of weekend appointments is a great idea but sadly it falls down when it is impossible to find someone to cancel and re-arrange an appointment. I can't understand why it's not possible for the weekday clinic staff to make the new appointment. Instead I've been given two telephone numbers to contact myself but are never answered with no facility to leave a message or request a ringback. On one of 8 occasions I tried calling and hanging on waiting for an answer, my call was re-routed back to the main switchboard!! Worse case of going round in circles I've come across. Hopefully someone helpful will see this message and offer assistance.

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Response from Queen Marys Hospital 6 years ago
Queen Marys Hospital
Submitted on 13/11/2017 at 22:29
Published on nhs.uk on 15/11/2017 at 03:11


Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and I am sorry to hear about the difficulties that you have had with appointment admin.

If you need help to sort this, can I suggest you contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service based at PRUH who also support patients at QMS - Tel: 01689 863252.

I will also pass your comments on to our transformation team who are looking to improve all aspects of appoinment booking. I do hope that you get this sorted and sorry for the frustration you've experienced.

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