I saw an oncologist and ENT consultant on Tuesday where urgent surgical investigation was proposed. On Tuesday I received an email from the ENT appointments Dept via E- Comms, one of the very few that use this excellent service as the three letters from three diffent departments I received in one day will confirm.
The letter in the email told me that I was now on the waiting list, category 2 which meant I had a 4 week wait which was fine.
Later that day I got a phone call from a nice bloke in the appointments office offering me an admission next Thursday at at ST Johns in Livingstone which I accepted. The only problem is preadmission it seems this can no longer be done in the usual Lauriston Buildings but it is necessary for me to make a 3 hour + round trip to St Johns by public transport because NHS Lothian cannot organise preadmission at some facility in Edinburgh. Really NHS Lothian is this the best you can do, I suspect it probably is?
"Poor management."
About: Lauriston Building Lauriston Building Edinburgh EH3 9HA NHS Lothian NHS Lothian Edinburgh EH16 4SA
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