"Walk in Centre - Go to Doc confusion"

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About 12 months ago I had a splinter at the base of my index finger which was very swollen by early evening I was in considerable pain and went to the walk in Centre at about 7: 30 I was told that the walk in Centre service would close at 8pm so they would be able to triage me but that I would have to see a Doctor from the go to doc service.

Following Triage I went to reception where they gave me number for go to doc. I had to go home for this call so they could telephone triage me as I didn’t have a mobile phone. They then gave me an appointment at the ICC centre for 10pm (where I had previously been ) I was seen and given a prescription for antibiotics however the only pharmacy open at that time was in Manchester so I was unable to get my prescription till the next morning.

I don’t understand:

Why my information could not be transferred over to go to doc rather than having to re go through triage.

Why I had to leave the ICC to come back for a further appointment 2 hours later and go through triage twice.

Finally the lack of communication between services meant that by the time I was actually seen I couldn’t pick up my prescription until the next day.