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"Poor experience in reception"

About: Riverside Resource Centre

(as a service user),

I'm a trans femme person who after years of suffering, struggling, dropping out of uni, losing employment etc. finally managed to pursue an ADHD diagnosis. I'm now almost up to the 2 year mark and I understand that everyone is short but have found my experience at reception at the Riverside resource centre after finally receiving a diagnosis and wanting to try medication extremely negative, with the receptionist making me feel like a bother. This was by saying it would be months until I would see a doctor.  When I asked  for a rough estimate I was told again that it would be months.

Today when I called, they were unable to find my record with my chosen name so I begrudgingly used my deadname (it is a foreign name), which they kept mispronouncing even after I  corrected it. I think I can confidently say that I am not the only trans person on their files and surely there must be a better way to go about this than making someone who is struggling enough to seek help (and it's not easy) go through repeating their deadname.

The straw that broke the camel's back was being called sir.  I asked them not to call me sir,  and the  reply was okay sir. This felt either malicious or careless. I am highly anxious about phoning for updates in the first place as I never want to be a bother.  I just want to get on with my life. I ended up phoning in sick to work as a result because the process has been so drawn out and strenuous and this interaction really negatively affected me.

I read in the other comments that there have been other issues with the receptionist so wonder if they might benefit from some more training.  I don't want to get them into bother but today was honestly too much and had me struggling with thoughts of self-harm (I am safe now though but just wanted to emphasise how this has affected me) 

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Response from Nicole McInally, Patient Experience and Public Involvement Project Manager, PEPI, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde nearly 2 years ago
Nicole McInally
Patient Experience and Public Involvement Project Manager, PEPI,
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Submitted on 05/08/2022 at 12:45
Published on Care Opinion at 12:45


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Dear GloBi

Thank you for taking the time to share your story on Care Opinion. Please accept my apologies for your experience and for the detrimental impact this has had.

I have shared your story with the Management Team responsible for Riverside Resource Centre. If you would like to discuss this in more detail can you please contact Tracy Buchanan, Service Manager on 0141 211 1430. If you get in touch, we can also ensure that the details on your health records are updated to avoid further distress and upset.

Thank you

Nicole

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