My father was diagnosed with clouding cataracts on 12/12/2018 at Boots opticians. Diagnosis was forwarded to Hinchingbrooke's eye clinic forthwith. It is today 23/08/2019 and we have had no co-operation or liaison.
I have been phoning every two months, only to be fobbed off each and every time with instructions to wait a further two months.
We are now being told to wait until AT LEAST the end of September. My father is 86, cannot see to read or watch TV or discern the contents of his dinner plate.
He has fallen numerous times - we now dread his taking a tumble on the stairs and sustaining serious injury.He started paying tax and national insurance in 1948 - the year of the NHS's inauguration.
In the box below, I am instructed to state when I visited this hospital.
Chance would be a fine thing!
Angry?
Wouldn't you be?
"9 months waiting (and counting) for initial..."
About: Hinchingbrooke Hospital / Ophthalmology Hinchingbrooke Hospital Ophthalmology Huntingdon PE29 6NT
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