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Waiting time and outpatient clinic

Posted By Lucky123

"Waiting time and outpatient clinic"

About: Crosshouse Hospital / Trauma & orthopaedics

(as the patient),

Had to wait over an hour from the allocated appointment time. Some people within the waiting room were over two hours! This was due to patient notes going a miss, which I find alarming!

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Response from Kate MacDonald, Business Manager, Nurse Directorate, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Ayrshire and Arran 10 years ago
Kate MacDonald
Business Manager, Nurse Directorate, NHS Ayrshire and Arran,
NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Submitted on 28/02/2014 at 17:28
Published on Care Opinion on 01/03/2014 at 15:32

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Dear Lucky123

Thank you for using Patient Opinion to get in touch with us.

I am really sorry that you had to wait for more than an hour from your allocated appointment time to be seen. If it had been me, I would have felt really frustrated, which I am sure you did too.

I can understand why you found it alarming that the reason for the long wait was due to patient notes going a miss.

It would be really helpful for us to know what clinic it was that you attended at University Hospital Crosshouse and the date of your appointment. I appreciate you may not want to post this on Patient Opinion, I would be pleased to hear from you by email kate.macdonald@aapct.scot.nhs.uk or by phone 01292 513607.

In the meantime I will be sending your posting on to the Health Care Mananger who covers Trauma and Orthopaedics.

Please accept my apologies again and I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Kate

Kate Macdonald

Patient Opinion Coordinator, NHS Ayrshire and Arran

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