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"Poor Experience"

About: Pinderfields General Hospital

Previously had a cyst on my thyroid a year ago, had an appointment and was sent for tests and a needle biopsy the day of my appointment last year. I returned after being referred back by the doctors and had to get my appointment expedited due to the 28 week wait and the urgency of getting sorted due to previous family history. When I arrived my name wasn't on the screen by 8.55 when my appointment was at 9 so I took myself up to the department where I was then called in to my appointment 15 minutes after my appointment time. The Doctor I saw was different to last time and I felt neglected and made out like there wasn't a reason for me to be there although I have been getting worse and different symptoms because of my Thyroid. A request was put in for an ultrasound and needle biopsy which I now have to wait for an appointment to come through and have a cyst possibly growing more in that time and causing me to feel worse. As i handed the paperwork over to reception the doctor then came running out to send me for blood tests although my thyroid blood tests I had done at the doctors came back fine. I feel i should have been sorted there and then as I took the morning off of work and prepared to have it all sorted today like last time as I come from Bradford for the appointment and feel like it was a wasted journey.

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Response from Pinderfields General Hospital 4 years ago
Pinderfields General Hospital
Submitted on 14/11/2019 at 09:50
Published on nhs.uk on 17/11/2019 at 16:01


Thank you for taking the time to post your comments regarding your experience of our services.

I am so sorry to hear that you felt neglected especially at what must have been anxious time for you. This is absolutely not the care we expect our patients to receive here at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

If you would like our Patient Liaison Team to look further into your concerns, then please contact them on 01924 542972 or via email myh-tr.palsmidyorks@nhs.net.

Thank you again and I hope you have now received a date for your next appointment.

Kind regards

Clare Blackburn

(Patient Liaison Improvement Lead)

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