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Gynaecology appointments

Posted By Lilob

"Gynaecology appointments"

About: Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske) / Gynaecology West Cornwall Hospital (Penzance) / Gynaecology

(as a service user),

It would help if outpatient procedues for Gynaecology in Cornwall were located more centrally. Currently they are only held in Penzance. This will mean an 80 mile trip for me. I have been told I can't drive after my appointment and there are no public transport services available to where I live and now my partner has had to take the day off work to take me and bring me back. 

If I lived further up north in Cornwall this would mean an even bigger trip. 
This service should also be available in North Cornwall or relocated to a central location for the county. Why is Choose and Book not offered for this service?
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Response from Mary Baulch, General Manager, Women, Children & HIV Services, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 5 years ago
Mary Baulch
General Manager, Women, Children & HIV Services,
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Submitted on 15/11/2018 at 17:42
Published on Care Opinion on 16/11/2018 at 11:38

Thank you for taking the time to feedback and I'm really sorry to hear about your experience. I'd really like to look into this to see why you had to travel so far and what we could do to improve this service. I can be contacted by email mary.baulch@nhs.net or by phone on 01872 253013. You can also contact our patient experience team via email below rcht.patientexperience@nhs.net

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Mary

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