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"Poor telephone service"

About: Ealing Hospital

I attended Ealing Hospital as an A& E patient with chest pains on the 29th of August.

The treatment i received in the Cardiology unit was excellent. Everything was done in a tmely effiecient manner. i was given a

I was given a referal to the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic.

They called me on my mobile but i was unable to answer at the time. A voicemail was left on very low volume from a faulty phoneline. No contact number was left. I managed to decipher that they would get in touch with my doctor. I checked with my doctor but they confirmed that no one had been in touch .

There is a phone number on the patient information form -0208 967 5191. When you call this number there is a recorded message that says" this voicemail is full, goodbye".

I then called the main switchboard who transfered me to the unit . The number kept ringing until someone picks it up and kept disconnecting me. This went on for 20 mins until i gave up which is what i think they wanted me to do.

How can i get an appointment with the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic without physically going to the hospital.

Kind Regards

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Response from Anjali Patel, Patient Experience Manager, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 3 years ago
Anjali Patel
Patient Experience Manager,
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Submitted on 10/09/2020 at 13:01
Published on Care Opinion at 13:01


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am so sorry to hear of the difficulties you have been experiencing trying to access our services.

Please can you contact the PALS team on 0208 869 5118 or LNWH-tr.PALS@nhs.net so that we can follow this up on your behalf.

In the meantime, I have shared your post with the team so that they are aware of the access difficulties.

Kind regards,

Anjali Patel

Patient Experience Manager

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