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"Problems with communication before my admission"

About: East Surrey Hospital / Cardiology

(as the patient),

Mr Gandi saw me in Dec 2014. It was agreed I would have ICD fitted. I was to go on the list.

My wife phoned at the end of Feb 2015. I was not on the list at East Surrey or Brighton. When informed that I had written confirmation to say I should be, it took two days to find the copy of my letter.

I was then told I would be accepted into East Surrey, with a phone call a week before. No call came.

On contacting East Surrey I was informed I was not the list to be called. Then a call came to us saying I was not the list to be called but I was on the list to be operated on the following week. With the letter telling me I was to call, I had another with same information, but no information pamphlet as to what I would need.

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Response from Ian Mackenzie, Director of Information and Facilities, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 9 years ago
Ian Mackenzie
Director of Information and Facilities,
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

I am responsible for everything to do with facilities, estates and IT. This includes our £50m building programme, food, cleaning, estates, porters, telephones, IT, transport, car parks and anything similar. Also leading our new Patient Experience Programme.

Submitted on 31/03/2015 at 13:21
Published on Care Opinion at 13:23


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Dear Bonenfant

I'm sorry to read about the problems you've had with communication from the hospital. Clearly this has been unhelpful to say the least and if you'd care to e-mail me your detail ian.mackenzie@sash.nhs.uk I can look into this for you.

regards

Ian

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Update posted by Bonenfant (the patient)

Ian thanks for your reply (Bonenfant) Not my name T Phillips As I said service in Redhill good the communications are at fault. One other point to make, the food for new arrivals should not be what the previous person requested.

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