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"Not caring, obnoxious, box ticking service! "

About: The Maidstone Hospital

In June I received a obnoxious phone call from the staff of a Dr

accusing me for not attending an earlier appointment. I explained that I had indeed attended the appointment but was told that it was cancelled. But the staff would not listen. She kept on and on that she would not give me another appointment, she would remove me from the list! It was their fault, it was not her decision to remove me from patient list so I was absolutely appalled. I then wrote a letter to the Dr explaining all this and requested to know why I was treated like this and why my treatment was blocked by her obnoxious staff. On 6 June 2019 I received a one line response from him saying " I read your letter, please direct your letter through formal channels PALS office". I did not because my past experience with the PALS office showed that they are inefficient and bias.

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Response from The Maidstone Hospital 4 years ago
The Maidstone Hospital
Submitted on 27/11/2019 at 13:23
Published on nhs.uk at 14:46


Thank you for your comments posted on the NHS Choices website. We are very sorry that you received a phone call from a member of staff who appeared unhelpful whilst not listening to your explanation about your appointment. We are very sorry that you have found PALS unhelpful in the past; however, we would still encourage you to contact PALS to enable PALS to try and look into your concerns further as unfortunately we would be unable to pass on your feedback as you do not state the department concerned or your name. The PALS telephone number is 01622 224960/01892 632953 or the e mail address is mtw-tr.pals@nhs.net.

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