"prosthetic services"

I have been an amputee for 57yrs and have mostly adapted to changes made to artificial limbs, sometimes it has been a struggle.

Fitters and workshop staff have always seemed to do their very best to achieve the best adjustments and fittings needed to keep me comfortable.

I am 73yrs, above the knee amputee, walk unaided, and am pretty mobile and enjoy holidays both home and abroad.

Sadly I have noticed how much the service has been under strain in recent years, with check sockets and new sockets, taking so much longer to be ready for patient to try.

If there is an issue then the patient has to wait weeks more before re-call. This can be devastating to someone who is anxious to be mobile and independant.

Perhaps trying to recruit the staff required is proving difficult.

In the meantime I would like to recognise and thank the prosthetic team at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for doing their very best to keep myself going to the best of my mobility.

I can only hope that the terrible high pressure the staff seem to be under can get resolved.