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"Follow up appointments with dermatology"

About: Outpatients Centre / Dermatology Stirling Royal Infirmary / Dermatology

(as the patient),

I was referred to dermatology nearly 5 months ago and was put on Isotretanoin. I was only ever given 1 months prescription at a time due to the nature of the medication and was required to go back every 4 weeks for more tests and to get the next months worth of tablets. This worked well for the first few visits, the nurse would see me, write out my prescription and book me in for my next 4 weekly appointment. My last appointment was on 20/6 and the usual nurse was not in. The doctor covering my appointment failed to book me in for my next follow up. I have since phoned in several times to try and sort this out, with no success. I have been told I need to contact Stirling, who advised me to contact Forth Valley, I have left messages in peoples machines with promises of getting a call back (which never happens) and told I need a referral from my GP (which is what was done 5 months ago) as a result I have now been off the medication for a few weeks. I am frustrated as it has not been my mistake that has caused this problem, and no one seems to be able to actually help me!  

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Response from Pauline Donnelly, Person Centred Manager, Department of Nursing, NHS Forth Valley 4 years ago
Pauline Donnelly
Person Centred Manager, Department of Nursing,
NHS Forth Valley
Submitted on 02/09/2019 at 12:00
Published on Care Opinion on 03/09/2019 at 10:22


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Dear V-annoyed

Many thanks for taking the time to get in touch, I am really sorry to hear about the difficulties that you have been having, can I ask you to get in touch with me as I would like to look at what I can do to help you.

You can contact me on 01324 566523 or alternatively you can drop me an email pauline.donnelly1@nhs.net

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kindest regards

Pauline

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