6 months to get a NHS transfer...

Bugz

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...from one hospital to another...

my file isn't even that fuckin big!

Hmmm.
 

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I wanted my treatment to continue at a new hospital as I had moved 200+ miles from the old one.

It's taken 6 months to send my info & my file to the new hospital and as such I've only just been able to book an appointment Oo.
 

Furr

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I'm with Benenden, so try to use them for pretty much everything I can to be honest.. Still can't get the NHS completely out the loop unless I go BUPA (Loadsa money...)
 

kirennia

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While this is no excuse (if anything, even more of a forehead slap moment), don't all of the core NHS database systems differ from county to county? It's quite shocking to think about really...
 

Kami

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Kirenna there's only a few systems nationally for this sort of thing, most referals now are done electronically, even GP to GP transfer of patient data is done daily, with paper records being sent a week later if the practice at the recieving end aren't "paperlight".

6 months? You've been told porkies - the hospital have cocked up and forgotten to book you in or an admin has removed you from the system by mistake and sent you to another health board.
 

Embattle

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The NHS computer system was suppose to help but being a government project it is already massively late, over budget and now going to be scaled back :)
 

Kami

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The NHS computer system was suppose to help but being a government project it is already massively late, over budget and now going to be scaled back :)


From the NHS projects I've been involved in I'd put money on it being delayed by both "I.T." consultants, middle management and Doctors who want the the system to do the job for them.
 

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