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"Unorganised misadvertised no communication "

About: Guy's Hospital

I arrived at the orthodontic a and e at half 8 in the morning, very aware that it was a first come first serve service, where I was given a slip to say that I was sixth in the queue. Come 10:50 I still had not been seen and I asked the receptionist how far up the queue I was in response they told me it was done on a case by case basis and they were doing long cases first. However, 11:20 comes and I see now that everyone that had checked in after me had then been seen. It is so frustrating and completely pointless of me to come in so early when everyone that had checked in after me was seen before me. Needs better organisation and communication. It's especially frustrating as the thing they needed to fix for me took 5 minutes. I was one of the first people in and last to be seen. I was finally seen at half 11 and the Dr that saw me said there was a mistake and they thought I had been seen...

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Response from Guy's Hospital 4 years ago
Guy's Hospital
Submitted on 13/01/2020 at 17:46
Published on nhs.uk at 20:49


Thank you for your feedback.

We are very sorry to hear that you felt that your case number was missed and you were seen later than you should have been. We apologise for the inconvenience that we have caused.

Our patient process is to see patient in the order of arrival regardless of the reason for the emergency. On the day you visited the Dental Hospital we were very busy and were looking to allocate patients to other clinicians to alleviate the waits. In looking to reduce the waits this may have meant that patients were not seen in the order that they arrived. We apologise that you had a longer wait than other patients.

We have fed back your comments back to the clinical, nursing and administration teams to ensure that if the process is changed mid clinic patients must be seen in order of arrival.

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