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About: University Hospital Hairmyres / Cardiology

(as a parent/guardian),

My mother has an icd and twice her appointment has now been moved.   She has not been seen at clinic now for a year and has now been informed that it will be another year before being seen.   She had a cardiac arrest at home before her  icd was put in and has been told she has heart failure. She has always been told she needs regular follow ups at clinics because of this so how can it all be OK she now has to waits 2 years to be seen. I phoned the clinic to be reassured that it was all fine  . But how can you tell if she has had not had her regular follow-up appointments done ...    worried family 

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Response from Angela Dixon, Service Manager for Medical Directorate, University Hospital Hairmyres, NHS Lanarkshire 3 years ago
Angela Dixon
Service Manager for Medical Directorate, University Hospital Hairmyres,
NHS Lanarkshire
Submitted on 23/10/2020 at 07:34
Published on Care Opinion at 07:34


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Hi Jjjc

Apologies your mums appointment has been cancelled.

Due to the current covid situation we are ensuring patients are reviewed and clinicians are monitoring the progress of our patients using clinical systems and diagnostic results only bringing patients to hospital where there is an urgent need or whereby the patients will clinically benefit.

We have had to reduce appointments to ensure we maintain distancing measures and all hygiene standards and unfortunately this has resulted in a number of routine follow ups being postponed.

I am glad the team have tried to reassure you when contacting the department however if you are still concerned please contact me via the patient affairs team on 01355 585325 and we will look into this in more detail.

Kind Regards

Angela

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