Do you think this letter was strictly necessary?

[tertius]

Just received this note from the hospital (its for my son):

Obviously our plans for that day are now completely changed.

[WD*]

How else would they justify not being able to afford treatment for people? How many of those letters would make a dose of the breast cancer drug?

[lazyitus]

Its part of the test. If you arrived 5 minutes early, it is obvious your eyesight is ed.

[touchingcloth]

I just bet you miss a train or something really important later that day by 5 minutes.. you'll see, mark my words

[ultimasimon]

I owe my sight to those people at St Thomas's, when a pyrotechnic attached to my car temporarily made me into Micheal Jackson look alike

[alfaman]

amazing .....

If I book a Doctors appointment for say 10am - I'll usually get seen between 10.20 and 11.20 ( maybe )

If I turned up at 10.05 I'de probably get bollocked.

[johnjr]

Well I will be thinking of you on that day until I'm drunk as a skunk...

It's my 20th B'Day on the 16th May 2006

Good Ol' NHS So now you know you can turn up at that time and then still have to wait and additional 1/2 hour at least...

john

>> Edited by johnjr on Thursday 16th February 23:14

[tertius]

los angeles said:

Yes, Lazyitus is right - it's an advance test of eye-to-brain communication. If you spot the subtle alteration your eyesight is sound.

Bit hard on the boy - seems a rather stringent test for a 1 year old.

And UltimaSimon please don't think I'm knocking the staff - I owe my life to the NHS - but I did think it was amusing.

[towman]

tertius said:

And UltimaSimon please don't think I'm knocking the staff - I owe my life to the NHS - but I did think it was amusing.

I`m sure you owe your life to a skilled healthcare professional - not a twonk of an administrator who justifies his/her existance by writing pointless bloody letters!!

[.Z.]

Interesting (for me) that it mentions that if you have a problem with medical students it won't alter the care you get. At my hospital (dental) if you refuse treatment by us students they send you home!

[ultimasimon]

tertius said:

los angeles said: Yes, Lazyitus is right - it's an advance test of eye-to-brain communication. If you spot the subtle alteration your eyesight is sound. Bit hard on the boy - seems a rather stringent test for a 1 year old. And UltimaSimon please don't think I'm knocking the staff - I owe my life to the NHS - but I did think it was amusing.

I wasn't. I am just grateful for what they did for me back then

[simpo two]

That's when 'systems' replace people.

Don't worry, I don't suppose you'll be seen for at least an hour afterwards

[Zad]

It must be the season for NHS Administration cockups.

On Tuesday my mum got sent a letter with an appointment to visit an orthopaedic clinic for a periodic checkup. The appointment was for 10:15 am *that day*. Unfortunately the letter didn't arrive until 9:45 am.

The nurses and doctors are amazing people, I just wish they could get the admin side sorted out.

Mike

[CommanderJameson]

towman said:

tertius said: And UltimaSimon please don't think I'm knocking the staff - I owe my life to the NHS - but I did think it was amusing. I`m sure you owe your life to a skilled healthcare professional - not a twonk of an administrator who justifies his/her existance by writing pointless bloody letters!!

Calm down dear.

Observe the lack of signature on that letter.

I'd bet a pint of Black Sheep that the letter was written and posted completely automatically, with no human intervention required.

*fends off pedants by accepting that the Royal Mail is staffed by people who for the most part appear human*

[Balmoral Green]

CommanderJameson said:

I'd bet a pint of Black Sheep that the letter was written and posted completely automatically, with no human intervention required.

Yep, just a minor ammendment and with a keystroke a letter is automatically generated. Just the sort of trivial and unimportant thing that local news likes to do a story about. They will send a camera crew around, they will bring their own guide dog and white stick for your son, to add to the drama, if he's looking quite chirpy they will have make up to make him look ill and poorly. They may even bring out the tartan rug and one bar electric fire that they use for the 1 million pound gas bill stories.

[r988]

Balmoral Green said:

CommanderJameson said: I'd bet a pint of Black Sheep that the letter was written and posted completely automatically, with no human intervention required. Yep, just a minor ammendment and with a keystroke a letter is automatically generated. Just the sort of trivial and unimportant thing that local news likes to do a story about. They will send a camera crew around, they will bring their own guide dog and white stick for your son, to add to the drama, if he's looking quite chirpy they will have make up to make him look ill and poorly. They may even bring out the tartan rug and one bar electric fire that they use for the 1 million pound gas bill stories.

[aldi]

You know you're not going to get seen before half eleven anyway!