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"Poor telephone service"

About: Meadowgreen Health Centre

I received several texts, asking me to contact the surgery. After the normal long wait, I spoke to a receptionist, who asked me the reason for my call. I said I did'nt know why you had made contact. I was then informed that you had a recent test result, regarding a fungal infection on my thumb nail. I then pointed out, that I was going to bring another sample in today, as you had previously told me you had no trace of receiving my original sample. This was strange, as your receptionist, wrote the label herself, and I put it in your basket. Your receptionist, told me I could have an appointment in about 3 weeks, but this was only a telephone conversation. When I said this was utterley pointless, as the doctor needed to see my nail, I was told not to shout, which I had'nt, just very frustrated at your service. I was then offered an actual doctors appointment, the day after the telephone conversation, would have been. Why was'nt I offered this in the first place.

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Response from Meadowgreen Health Centre nearly 2 years ago
Meadowgreen Health Centre
Submitted on 04/08/2022 at 15:32
Published on nhs.uk at 21:15


Dear Patient, we thank you for the time taken to post a review. We apologise that you feel our service fell short of your expectation. We received your sample on 6th July, however it was not reported on by the Labs until 26th July. Therefore the Receptionist had incorrectly assumed the sample had been lost. The length of time taken for the labs to report on a sample depends entirely on the type of sample and the culture grown. We apologise that you were incorrectly informed over the loss of the sample. This has highlighted a training need that we will address with the Receptionist. Should you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact the Practice Manager. Once again, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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