Just a brief background
Diagnosed: 20/04/2020
Eye condition revealed: 20/08/2020
Referral initiation: 03/09/2020
1) So I had an eye condition revealed in August, 2)during this time I moved to a different city in a different county.
3) I signed up to a GP ASAP then was referred at the start of September,
4) I finally get an appointment for 20th October but just today I received a random call when I was at work from a diabetes consultant,
5) I thought it was a 5 min chat before the appointment on the 20th October but what the hospital has done is actually cancel the appointment on the 20th and rebooked me in for a phone call
6) So it was a very very brief phone call and I didn’t really say much to the consultant and now I don’t know what to do
On the system it shows that I’ve had an appointment but I didn’t get the care I need. I’m fed up because it took a month and a half just to get an appointment and now they’ve cancelled and converted into a 5 min call. If I knew that was the appointment I would’ve gone into much more detail but they didn’t tell me I was so confused. They also changed my doctor aswell, initially booked with a female doctor but in the morning a man called me. I only realised he was a consultant when I came home and found a letter saying my appointment has been cancelled and rebooked, I called the NHS referral service and they said the appointment was today 9:20. I told the male doctor that I had an appointment in a little over a week so he didn’t think to go in detail either.
I don’t know what to do. Please give me advice. I’ve been waiting weeks and weeks for a diabetic eye condition to be checked. I’m low-key considering not injecting any insulin to put myself in DKA so I can receive some medical attention. I’m nearly 6 months into my diagnosis and only had 1 appointment with a consultant and a few phone calls with a dietician and the 5 min chat with the male doctor I mentioned above. I’m 100% sure I’m supposed to have more regular appointments because when I was in London I had been booked for an appointment every month and sometimes double booked to have 2 appointments on top of each other but these had to be cancelled due to my relocation
Diagnosed: 20/04/2020
Eye condition revealed: 20/08/2020
Referral initiation: 03/09/2020
1) So I had an eye condition revealed in August, 2)during this time I moved to a different city in a different county.
3) I signed up to a GP ASAP then was referred at the start of September,
4) I finally get an appointment for 20th October but just today I received a random call when I was at work from a diabetes consultant,
5) I thought it was a 5 min chat before the appointment on the 20th October but what the hospital has done is actually cancel the appointment on the 20th and rebooked me in for a phone call
6) So it was a very very brief phone call and I didn’t really say much to the consultant and now I don’t know what to do
On the system it shows that I’ve had an appointment but I didn’t get the care I need. I’m fed up because it took a month and a half just to get an appointment and now they’ve cancelled and converted into a 5 min call. If I knew that was the appointment I would’ve gone into much more detail but they didn’t tell me I was so confused. They also changed my doctor aswell, initially booked with a female doctor but in the morning a man called me. I only realised he was a consultant when I came home and found a letter saying my appointment has been cancelled and rebooked, I called the NHS referral service and they said the appointment was today 9:20. I told the male doctor that I had an appointment in a little over a week so he didn’t think to go in detail either.
I don’t know what to do. Please give me advice. I’ve been waiting weeks and weeks for a diabetic eye condition to be checked. I’m low-key considering not injecting any insulin to put myself in DKA so I can receive some medical attention. I’m nearly 6 months into my diagnosis and only had 1 appointment with a consultant and a few phone calls with a dietician and the 5 min chat with the male doctor I mentioned above. I’m 100% sure I’m supposed to have more regular appointments because when I was in London I had been booked for an appointment every month and sometimes double booked to have 2 appointments on top of each other but these had to be cancelled due to my relocation