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I'll be honest it'll be very long time before I bother again.
I noticed signs up about not abusing staff. I waited 70mins.
None of the staff had any sense of urgency or movement about them.
I'd say next year I'll give it a shot. Unless they are willing to come to me. I'm guessing there's some form of outsourcing going on. Somethings changed. It was never great but they were polite.
I noticed signs up about not abusing staff. I waited 70mins.
None of the staff had any sense of urgency or movement about them.
I'd say next year I'll give it a shot. Unless they are willing to come to me. I'm guessing there's some form of outsourcing going on. Somethings changed. It was never great but they were polite.
I stopped donating at local pop up sessions and now only donate at permanent locations.
The pop ups were often standing room only, stuffy and disorganised with long waits even though I turned up on time for my appointment.
The permanent locations at Westfield and Margret St in London are a world apart - I'm normally in and out in less than an hour.
The pop ups were often standing room only, stuffy and disorganised with long waits even though I turned up on time for my appointment.
The permanent locations at Westfield and Margret St in London are a world apart - I'm normally in and out in less than an hour.
I was giving blood for years, they used to come to our office or have a centre not far. Then they moved me onto giving plasma, as I have a rare blood type (I was told). Happily did it, even when it was 30 minutes away and parking was a challenge. But a few years back, they closed a plasma donation centre in Manchester and told me that I have to drive to Birmingham to do it. 150 miles round trip and no parking on site. At this point I stopped and now NHS complains that fewer people are donating blood.
Only managed half a pint last night - normally they say I am going too fast, but they just couldn't get it to work.
And is it just me, or are the thumb screws really out for the questions at the start of each session! - Full interrogation!
P.S. Rules have changed, in the past you could take a child with you to watch / play on tablet while you donated, not any more.
And is it just me, or are the thumb screws really out for the questions at the start of each session! - Full interrogation!
P.S. Rules have changed, in the past you could take a child with you to watch / play on tablet while you donated, not any more.
Ticked over the 10 milestone recently, although I only do the one which is walking distance from home as I'm a bit iffy with needles so would rather not have to drive afterwards. Annoyingly every couple of years they seem to rotate this venue with another one a bit further away, so not sure when my next one will be.
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