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"A near me Appointment with Physio"

About: Perth Royal Infirmary / Trauma & orthopaedics

(as the patient),

To date I have had a very good experience with the Physio, today though I was waiting for my near-me appointment for 25 min with no explanation as to why I was not being seen, after ringing which meant I was waiting a further 7 min to get through I was told some story which I was not convinced by the end result is I was unable to have my appointment, I was told the physio manage the caseload and are unable to come out of a session if this is the case then the system is not working and is failing patients this no means I will be waiting 6 weeks from my last appointment, I feel distressed and angry at this lack of respect for patients, we get text telling us about missed appointments what happens when its the other way around a wasted morning. Poor managemet of clients and poor communication does anyone care I doubt it so here we are. 

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Response from Meg Park, Lead Nurse, Medicine Directorate, NHS Tayside 4 years ago
Meg Park
Lead Nurse, Medicine Directorate,
NHS Tayside
Submitted on 28/08/2020 at 15:01
Published on Care Opinion at 15:02


Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I am sorry to hear about the experience you have had and the distress it has caused. I can assure you that this is not the standard of care we aim to provide and I am keen to address this issue to ensure that this doesn't happen again. As you will appreciate there are many physiotherapy teams that work across Perth and Kinross using Near-Me appointments. In order to resolve this issue I would be happy for you to contact directly and provide further details of your experience. I can then raise the issue with the relevant physiotherapy team/service concerned and aim to resolve your specific personal experience.

My contact details are Terrianne Thomson (Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner)

01738 473282.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Terrianne

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