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"Frustrating appointment cancellation"

About: Ealing Hospital / Ear, Nose and Throat

(as the patient),

Had an urgent referral to see the ENT department booked in September 2019 for December 2019. When I went to the hosp for my appointment I found out that it had been cancelled and no one had bothered telling me. Then I received a letter for a further appointment in February 2020. Now I receive a new letter with the appointment having been moved to March! I called the referral teams to enquire it and the hospital had cancelled my appointment and said I had - hence why I didn't receive any cancellation notice. This is incredibly frustrating and wrong! I have been waiting months to see an specialist and they keep cancelling my appointments and don't bother to tell me or apologise.  

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Response from Sue Fenwick Elliott, Head of Patient Experience, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 4 years ago
Sue Fenwick Elliott
Head of Patient Experience,
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Submitted on 29/01/2020 at 08:31
Published on Care Opinion at 08:31


Dear Isozki,

I am sorry to hear about the difficult time you have experienced trying to get an ENT appointment.

Unfortunately we cannot identify you from your post, nor how to contact you.

Please can you contact the PALS team on 020 8967 5653 or LNWH-tr.PALS@nhs.net so that they can follow this up on your behalf.

Best wishes

Anjali Patel

Patient Experience Manager

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