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"Abysmal service "

About: Tower Hill Partnership

I am absolutely disgusted by the lack of care and professionalism at Tower Hill Medical Practice. Despite submitting an urgent online request for an appointment, it was completely ignored—no response, no follow-up, nothing.

Today, my pregnant wife drove 40 minutes to the practice to have a foreign prescription converted to an English one—a simple 5-minute task that any competent GP could have handled on the spot. Instead of receiving the basic medical assistance she needed, she was dismissed and told to book an appointment for who knows when, despite the fact that this was an urgent matter that could impact the survival of her pregnancy.

I have been paying into the NHS for 10 years and have never needed to use its services—until now. And the one time we ask for something as minor as a prescription conversion, we are treated like we don’t matter. This is an abysmal level of service and a clear failure of duty of care. If this is the way they handle urgent pregnancy-related concerns, I have zero confidence in their ability to provide proper care for anyone.

Shame on Tower Hill Medical Practice for their lack of compassion, efficiency, and basic human decency. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone who actually values their health and time.

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Response from Tower Hill Partnership last month
Tower Hill Partnership
Submitted on 18/03/2025 at 14:59
Published on nhs.uk at 14:59


Dear Patient, thank you for providing feedback. My name is Debbie Wykes and I am the Patient Experience Manager. I have spoken to colleagues to find out exactly what happened. Unfortunately, we are unable to interpret from a foreign prescription that has been obtained abroad. There is an obvious safety issue and, ideally, the medication should have been obtained from the source. If, however, this is not possible, any prescription could take a minimum of 48 hours to be processed and issued, regardless of language barriers.

I understand that one staff member did help your wife considerably by obtaining one medication she required, and this did take some time to organise. I can only apologise that you are unhappy with our service as I can assure you we are here to help, within our framework and resources.

If you have any issues you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards

Debbie Wykes, Patient Experience Manager

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