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About: Medefer

My GP referred me to Medefer Virtual service on 21st Nov. No one contacted me, although I was 4 weeks pregnant with a lower abdominal pain not related to pregnancy, so I contacted Medefer on 29th. They then said a consultant referred me to an outpatient clinic the day before. They said I would receive a letter in 2-3 weeks time for the hospital appointment. I received a letter of saying I should be seen in outpatient clinic as urgent for assessment and Medefer to organise but after nearly 2 months I haven’t still received any letter from Medefer for my appointment. I am now 13 weeks pregnant and my midwife said they cannot do any checks at this stage anymore. I have now concerns whether this issue causing the pain will cause any problems also with the pregnancy or labour. That’s the worst care I received. Medefer is a private company promising to help NHS on efficiency and the way they work is very disappointing. I would have seen by NHS much quicker especially considering I am pregnant. I love NHS, I have always seen very wuickly when the matter was urgent. I am sure NHS pays lots of money to this private company for the service they cannot even provide.

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Response from Medefer 4 years ago
Medefer
Submitted on 27/01/2020 at 16:53
Published on nhs.uk at 16:56


Thank you for taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention. We are very sorry to hear that the services provided did not meet your expectations, as we are committed to ensuring that all our patients receive the best quality of care.

​Following on from your review, we are carrying out an audit of referrals scheduled to be processed during the time frame you have mentioned.

In order to investigate further, and help to resolve the concerns you have raised, we would be grateful if you could please contact a member of our Patient Engagement Team on 08000 112 113 or by email at admin.medefer@nhs.net, between 8am and 6pm, Monday-Friday.

Kind regards,

The Medefer Patient Engagement Team

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