Booking an ultrasound

Twopints

montyrebel wrote: »

if you had to pay for it like americans do then I bet you wouldn't have missed any appointments

And you would probably have a sensible 21st century booking process rather some outdated non-service that books you in when you can't attend.

George_Michael

JReacher1 wrote: »

Yes potentially I could be wrong again.

I would however need a better argument from you than "we pay tax" to convince me you're right and I'm wrong.

But that is exactly the same argument that you used only 6 months ago yet in your now deleted post, you stated that "It's incredibly petty to claim it's not free due to the fact its paid for by taxes"
which must mean that you were being incredibly petty yourself 6 months ago.

sillyvixen

Several years ago my mum was referred for a chest x-ray , it was an emergency referral but the dr's letter did state that she was leaving on a 2 week foreign holiday in a couple of days. I was looking after the garden and charged with looking out for the hospital letter (mum was worried the appointment would be for while they were still away).
The appointment arrived, right in the middle of the holiday - dispite the letter stating she was away u ntill a certain date.
I rang the department and explained the situation, and was asked " could she not come home for a day or 2 as it is an emergency referal" the answer is no she is in India not Devon she can't just pop back!
Ok reschedual for the next appointment is 8 weeks!! The original refferal said she was not available u ntill X date - why go to the back of the queue when hospital department can't be bothered to read reffrals properly??

JReacher1

George_Michael wrote: »

But that is exactly the same argument that you used only 6 months ago yet in your now deleted post, you stated that "It's incredibly petty to claim it's not free due to the fact its paid for by taxes"
which must mean that you were being incredibly petty yourself 6 months ago.

Yes I was. Thankfully I've grown as a person since then.

pinkshoes

People are barking up the wrong tree here.

Yes, the service is FREE, but... a free service paid for by the tax payer should be as efficient as possible to save money.

I wonder just what percentage of those appointment letters result in someone having to ask for a different appointment, or someone just not turning up?

The appointment has to be selected and the letter has to be sent. Rather than having to repeat this process two or three times, perhaps a quick phone call to the patient with a date and an alternative would mean that no appointments would have to be changed?

George_Michael

Laurie_Sicard-Askey wrote: »

This is a mite worrying. Stalking someone is a bit, well, vile. Do you get out much?

Stalking?

When I post a perfectly polite reply to an earlier comment and in response get told that my opinion is "petty" and then get an attempt at an insult aimed at me, I don't see anything wrong with looking at other posts about the exact same subject (the NHS) from the poster in question.
After all, sticking their user ID and the NHS in the search facility only takes a couple of seconds.

When it turns out to be the case that the poster in question seems to change their opinion to suit (otherwise known as trolling), I think that what I did is quite acceptable.

JReacher1

George_Michael wrote: »

Stalking?

When I post a perfectly polite reply to an earlier comment and in response get told that my opinion is "petty" and then get an attempt at an insult aimed at me, I don't see anything wrong with looking at other posts about the exact same subject (the NHS) from the poster in question.
After all, sticking their user ID and the NHS in the search facility only takes a couple of seconds.

When it turns out to be the case that the poster in question seems to change their opinion to suit (otherwise known as trolling), I think that what I did is quite acceptable.

I don't want to get too much into this anymore but accusing me of trolling on this thread is a bit laughable. Trolling is when you deliberately take a thread off the point of its conception. This is what you did in your original post. You've never commented on the OP's situation, all you have done on this thread is try and argue about whether the NHS is free or not. That isn't the point of this thread at all.

If you want to debate this I would suggest that you start a new thread.

I do agree that your stalking is a bit strange but whatever floats your boat.

hollydays

JReacher1 wrote: »

I don't want to get too much into this anymore but accusing me of trolling on this thread is a bit laughable. Trolling is when you deliberately take a thread off the point of its conception. This is what you did in your original post. You've never commented on the OP's situation, all you have done on this thread is try and argue about whether the NHS is free or not. That isn't the point of this thread at all.

If you want to debate this I would suggest that you start a new thread.

I do agree that your stalking is a bit strange but whatever floats your boat.

Yes , there are a lot of mass debaters on here.
You always know when the
' d' word comes out , ( debate!!!) the ' recreational' posters are losing their argument.

GwylimT

sillyvixen wrote: »

Several years ago my mum was referred for a chest x-ray , it was an emergency referral but the dr's letter did state that she was leaving on a 2 week foreign holiday in a couple of days. I was looking after the garden and charged with looking out for the hospital letter (mum was worried the appointment would be for while they were still away).
The appointment arrived, right in the middle of the holiday - dispite the letter stating she was away u ntill a certain date.
I rang the department and explained the situation, and was asked " could she not come home for a day or 2 as it is an emergency referal" the answer is no she is in India not Devon she can't just pop back!
Ok reschedual for the next appointment is 8 weeks!! The original refferal said she was not available u ntill X date - why go to the back of the queue when hospital department can't be bothered to read reffrals properly??

Well she obviously valued a holiday over her health, so why should the NHS put her first, if she isn't even doing that.

meer53

If it was urgent i could understand the frustration but as the OP is well enough to go on an all inclusive holiday, surely it can wait ? I ended up in hospital last year as an emergency admission, i got an xray an ultrasound and an MRI scan all within the first 48 hours. The NHS are fantastic.