by J Dunlop Design | May 18, 2023 | Getting an Appointment
Playing the NHS appointments system Recently two senior Consultants told me they don’t expect the NHS to be around in ten years’ time. So I just hope those 7 million plus of us on waiting lists get seen before this happens. Mulling this over, I reflect I...
by Verite Reily Collins | Apr 2, 2023 | Getting an Appointment
Getting what I want! Last January I posted this article, and a friend has just phoned to say it’s worked for her too – so here it is again! ……… Last January my polio consultant gave me new instructions and said he would see me in May to...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 24, 2022 | Getting an Appointment
It’s our fault – waiting lists are so long We allowed politicians, rather than clinicians, to run the NHS, This produced an administrative headache, reflected in lengthening waiting lists. Long waiting times appear to be pushing people into paying for...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 4, 2020 | Getting an Appointment
NHS is making appointments again Life is stirring, and the NHS is starting to re-schedule canceled appointments. Good news is that, for the moment, it seems it is the Consultant’s secretaries who are making appointments. Pleasant to talk to, they are interested...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 22, 2019 | Getting an Appointment
Waiting times lengthen for cancer treatment Cancer patients should come forward to ask for cancer treatment. according to Prof. Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England. This is all very well, but watching juvenile performances from our Politicians...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 12, 2019 | Getting an Appointment
NHS blames us for appointments’ debacle Last January my polio consultant gave me new instructions and said he would see me in May to check if they worked. Come May, I phoned – only to be told “Dr. X’s clinic is full up to July, when it...
