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"Poor Communication & no follow up"

About: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

My dentist sent a referral for me to the Oral Health Department on the 12 Th September 2018, to have a tooth extracted, due to the specialist medication I take. After 2-3 weeks when I hadn’t heard anything (and was in pain) I phoned the Oral Health Department. To say they were vague would be an understatement, was told the referral was sent to an outside company & they didnt know where it was or how long it would even take to reach the department. This is ling before it even gets looked at & they decide when I might have the treatment. By 27 Th September, I was no further along, so I put in a formal complaint online/by e-mail. I got a response, that was lengthy waffle telling me all about the complaints procedure. It said it would “likely be much sooner”, but coukd take up to 25 working days to complete. That took us up to 1St November & I had heard nothing, no one e-mailed to apologise or sorry for the delay. I e-mailed to ask what was happening & this was ignored too. I then contacted PALS as they’re supposed to help the patient & have had no reply from them either. This is beyond reasonable and shows contempt for me as the patient.

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Response from Sarah Eastwood, PALS Manager, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5 years ago
Sarah Eastwood
PALS Manager,
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 18/12/2018 at 12:57
Published on Care Opinion at 12:59


Dear Patient

I write further to your email received in PALS. I am sorry to read the difficulties you have experienced waiting for treatment and the lack of communication around this. I note you contacted PALS and state you received no reply. I apologise for this. PALS responds to all email enquiries so we suggest you check your junk box in your emails as our reply may be there. Otherwise, it would appear we have not received your email. Please contact me at pals@nnuh.nhs.uk or by telephone on 01603 289045 and I will look into matters on your behalf.

Thank you for making us aware of your experiences.

With kind regards

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