"Great service from leg ulcer clinic"

At last I have finally been treated for my leg ulcer, after trying to get a face to face appointment with one of the GPs at my GP practice since Christmas time. The new young doctors are pleasant enough and were willing to see me but trying to get to see a GP has been impossible. I get asked to send in photo but no face to face appointment offered.

The nurses and receptionists and chemist attached are great and eventually after 6 months the nurses referred me to the leg ulcer clinic at Bideford Hospital.

The high quality of care from staff at the leg ulcer clinic have been wonderful. The clinic is very 'old school' and reminds me of how care and the NHS used to be. The nurses and staff in charge are lovely even the receptionist and the cleaner are fantastic.

I truly hope we don't lose this clinic from Bideford like we did with the A&E. Living in a tourist location can get very busy in services during peak times of the year and we need these smaller services.

I feel that if I had been seen by one of the GPs from the beginning it would not have got as bad as it did. Sometimes a face to face appointment is absolutely necessary.