"Scheduling - Private v NHS"

I received two contradictory rotator cuff repair appointments in the post, one for 9 June and then one for 29 June. I called and explained that there were pressing work related matters (board meeting) so they switched it to 16 June only for me to be called the night before to say my blood sugar was 1.50 outside the safe index of 8.00 and the operation would not be going ahead. I spoke to a couple of friends at The Nuffield and they had never heard of any op' being cancelled due to a marginal blood sugar reading. They say, it was a scheduling issue and down to incompetence alongside revenue aspects and to demote the NHS patient ahead of the fee paying ones. The irony is that it was the Goring Hall doctor who switched me to the NHS and now I sit and wait. I find the staff rude and dismissive of NHS patients but go private then you get a professional and courteous service.

It is a really sad state of affairs but the NHS remains streets ahead of others but only if funding is passed down to allow them to do their job.