"Delays with hospital appointment"

About: Withington Hospital / General surgery

(as a staff member posting for a patient/service user),

Immersive Reader

I'm due to have an operation at Withington Hospital but my appointment has been cancelled by the hospital three times. When the fourth appointment date came up I missed it because I'd had so many appointment dates it got confusing.

Because I missed it the hospital sent me a letter saying I have to go back to my GP and start the process again in order to get another appointment at Withington. It will take up to 8 - 10 weeks from seeing my GP to get another date.

I've been waiting 5 months for this operation now.

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