Unfortunately my first post Liverpool appointment at home was not so good. I was asked to look through one of those h things where you look in one side the Dr the other. The Dr then looked at a copy of my eye photo Liverpool had sent her. She said there doesn't appear to be any change, I said had it not shrunk, she said is it meant to.
She then decided I was at the wrong place and they would book me somewhere else in four months time.. but I have missed a check up, I don't know who to contact off I have problems.
Rory. i had similar experiences. i have had multiple eye operations and loss of vision in my Right eye. in the past I have had fantastic care combined with very long waits in out patients. my last visit was a new experience. An empty waiting room, minimal waits between eye tests and various consultations. Lets hope this change persists or was it due to the ability to cancel appointments and therefore have less people in clinic and therefore we had a better experience at others on increasing waiting lists.
Interesting debate. I've also noticed much faster appointments with the Cardiac team at Hammersmith Hospital, however I suspect that this is driven by less patients being seen face to face. Also I'm not sure hospitals measure and focus on length of waiting at the hospital. The processes seem to be arranged to make it more convenient and efficient for the hospital staff, rather than the patient.
It’s been the same here in Germany and not only in the health sector - there has been a notable improvement in waiting times and a move to online appointments in many areas. I was even able to order ski pass online, scan my vaccination pass, have a QR code sent to my mobile and then pick up the ski pass from an automatic ticket machine in the ski field car park the next day - it’s a shame that it’s taken a pandemic to move things forward…..
Good news about your eye. Is wearing sunglasses a protection from this type of cancer?
Sounds like the Eye Team where able to use their time in Lockdown to change things around. Probably able to do this because of the lack of patients. :)
Unfortunately my first post Liverpool appointment at home was not so good. I was asked to look through one of those h things where you look in one side the Dr the other. The Dr then looked at a copy of my eye photo Liverpool had sent her. She said there doesn't appear to be any change, I said had it not shrunk, she said is it meant to.
She then decided I was at the wrong place and they would book me somewhere else in four months time.. but I have missed a check up, I don't know who to contact off I have problems.
Rory. i had similar experiences. i have had multiple eye operations and loss of vision in my Right eye. in the past I have had fantastic care combined with very long waits in out patients. my last visit was a new experience. An empty waiting room, minimal waits between eye tests and various consultations. Lets hope this change persists or was it due to the ability to cancel appointments and therefore have less people in clinic and therefore we had a better experience at others on increasing waiting lists.
Interesting debate. I've also noticed much faster appointments with the Cardiac team at Hammersmith Hospital, however I suspect that this is driven by less patients being seen face to face. Also I'm not sure hospitals measure and focus on length of waiting at the hospital. The processes seem to be arranged to make it more convenient and efficient for the hospital staff, rather than the patient.
It’s been the same here in Germany and not only in the health sector - there has been a notable improvement in waiting times and a move to online appointments in many areas. I was even able to order ski pass online, scan my vaccination pass, have a QR code sent to my mobile and then pick up the ski pass from an automatic ticket machine in the ski field car park the next day - it’s a shame that it’s taken a pandemic to move things forward…..
Good news about your eye. Is wearing sunglasses a protection from this type of cancer?
Sounds like the Eye Team where able to use their time in Lockdown to change things around. Probably able to do this because of the lack of patients. :)