The inability to contact hospitals

cheesefest · 20 Oct 2022 at 13:57

This has been going for way before Covid. Had been under a department a few years ago. Health problem associated with dept has returned. Rang the number on website - constant ringing tone. Spoke to booking centre operator who gave me the original number and another number. Again, constant ringing tone. Tried this for a week now and getting nowhere. Even spoke to GP receptionist to say could anyone peruse this for me (as they have done for other health issues) and said you have to contact the hospital! Going in circles with achieving only a headache. Consultant who I last saw now works for a London hospital as googled her name, as kept the last appt letter and notes.

What do I do?

cheesefest · 20 Oct 2022 at 15:41

Managed to speak to someone at hospital. Said to contact my GP. Filled in an online form on GP practice’s website. Got a text from them saying I need to visit them with a face 2 face appt! Why does it need a face 2 face appt? Could have done this over the phone. Instead I am blocking someone who has an urgent health matter over me with my appt!

Geez!

cheesefest · 20 Oct 2022 at 18:43

sniperone said:
I was waiting weeks calling daily to try and get a follow up hospital appointment and left messages on answering machine for call back and gave up waiting and drove 50 miles to the hospital so desperately needed to see a specialist. reception had absolutely no answer on why they hadn’t called apart from “we are very busy” as one of them sat there playing Pokémon go drinking tea

I never leave voicemails at medical places as had zero phone calls back.

cheesefest · 11 Nov 2022 at 21:57

mattyg said:
Fall off your ladder and call your private healthcare company.
How many people in this country have to choose between food and Insulin.
Which part of the top 2% do you need to be in to afford total healthcare insurance in the US

If you are diabetic, you get prescriptions for free.

Asthmatics, like myself pay for prescriptions. Hopefully many have a prepaid certificate, like me. As it’s £10.80 a month for 10 months. It’s a disgrace that we have to pay for prescriptions when 1200 people die per year from asthma. Yet we need to breathe to stay alive