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"Lost referral more than once"

About: The Royal London Hospital / Maternity

(as the patient),

My GP sent a referral to the Royal London hospital's antenatal care when I was at 10 weeks.   I was told to call the hospital in a week to check for the appointment.   When I called, the antenatal care administration said that they could not find my referral, despite a delivery note that had been sent to my GP. I had to call my GP to send another referral.  

I called again the next day, and the hospital administration could not find referral again.   I had to go my GP's office, pick up the referral, and personally take it over to the reception of the antenatal ward.    

At the hospital, there was a bit of confusion about my appointment.   At first, a new appointment was going to be booked.   Later, it turned out that an appointment had already been made for me, so I took the original appointment.   My address  on the letter was incorrect, even though the GP has my correct address.     I am concerned that the hospital is disorganised and will lose my files/data.            

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Response from The Royal London Hospital 5 years ago
The Royal London Hospital
Submitted on 31/01/2019 at 17:29
Published on nhs.uk at 18:13


We are deeply sorry to hear of the problems you have experienced arranging your antenatal care, and would welcome you to contact us directly at WomensGovernanceRLH@bartshealth.nhs.uk, or via telephone on 0203 594 2407, and we will do our best to resolve any remaining issues as quickly as possible. We appreciate the feedback and will do our best to prevent reoccurrence. Your comments have been brought to the attention of the head of midwifery, matrons responsible for the area, antenatal clinic lead midwife and our general manager.

We work closely with our local GPs to embed new electronic referral system and learning from any issues that may present, including automatic updating of contact details in the system. We have also started a Quality Improvement Programme to improve capacity, minimise delays, make our phone access better and to respond to any issues that our families have made us aware of.

We look forward to hearing from you soon

Kind regards

Faith

PALS & Complaints Team

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