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"Delays and failure to take history or examine..."

About: The Royal Victoria Infirmary / Ophthalmology

I have been attending this department for 18 months. In that time, my notes have been lost twice, my identity not even recognized by the computer once and information requested by the DVLA, delayed by six weeks.The Consultant has never taken a history and has misquoted it multiple times. A simple five minute test relevant to the symptoms I described was not done so missing a critical clue for a second diagnosis. This was only followed up when I wrote and requested a review. The next test showed the second diagnosis, which needed rapid treatment. The referral letter was not sent for over a week. As a result, the second diagnosis has resulted in some permanent loss of sight. I have had no useful treatment for my initial presenting diagnosis.

Dates are misleading. I have had numerous appointments from April 2016 to September 2017.

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Response from The Royal Victoria Infirmary 6 years ago
The Royal Victoria Infirmary
Submitted on 29/08/2017 at 08:56
Published on nhs.uk on 30/08/2017 at 04:06


Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback following the care received from Newcastle Eye Centre. At the outset, we would like to sincerely apologise for the poor experiences you have had.

As your feedback has been posted anonymously, we are unable to fully investigate what appear to be considerable failings in our expected high standards of care. If you would like us to investigate further and provide you with an individual response, we would welcome the opportunity to do so in order that we can learn from this and make necessary changes. In the first instance, if you are happy to speak to someone regarding your experiences, Matron Julie Graham will be happy to discuss this further with you and can be contacted on 0191 2139812.

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