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"Disgraceful"

About: Birmingham Midland Eye Centre (Bmec)

An absolute disgrace. I was told to book an appointment online where no appointments were available.

I was asked to leave a telephone number and somebody would ring me back.

If I did not hear by a certain date then I was to ring.

I did not hear and when I rang was told no appointments were available but they have to give a date by law.

I asked why I was not given an update and was told they could not ring every patient.

This was after first cutting me off.

In other words they had no intention of ringing back and they put in a date yo bypass government targets. Ringing direct does not work they just do not pick up the phone.

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Response from Birmingham Midland Eye Centre (Bmec) 4 years ago
Birmingham Midland Eye Centre (Bmec)
Submitted on 02/04/2020 at 15:41
Published on nhs.uk at 18:06


I am very sorry to hear of your experience getting through to BMEC. We are aware that this has been a problem, and since this message we have made efforts to improve the telephone an appointment systems. The BMEC team will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of these systems and we will take further action should it be needed to improve things further. Thank you for taking the time to let us know your experience. Kind regards, Toby Lewis, Chief Executive.

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