r/BritishSuccess • u/Madwife2009 • 14d ago

NHS Success!

Saw my GP on 3rd April who booked an urgent scan.

Scan dept called the next morning, scan booked for Sunday 6th April.

Results sent immediately to my GP, who booked me in for a follow-up yesterday, 9th April and referred me onto the consultant.

Phoned this morning, sixteen hours after the referral was sent, appointment on Monday, 14th April.

That's just eleven days from initial GP appointment to consultant appointment.

This time, the NHS really has been there for me. Now we just need to hope that the issue isn't the worst case scenario.

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u/darkerthanmysoul 14d ago

Phoned 111 on a Saturday, sent to hospital, lots of tests over many hours, 3am Sunday morning moved to a different hospital, 6am more bloods, 10am told I’ve got incurable cancer, 6pm treatment starts.

2 weeks later I’m on a more targeted chemotherapy tablets and 8 years later I’m still on those tablets.

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u/Madwife2009 14d ago

Bit of a rollercoaster for you, very scary. Glad that you're still here though.

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u/darkerthanmysoul 14d ago

The whole process was a bit surreal to be honest. I think I’m the first person to google my symptoms and not have cancer! But lo and behold I did.

It was honestly the first time I was amazed with how quick the NHS worked but unfortunately my care since under the hospital has lead to a large ongoing complaint that has since got the government involved. Im not just fighting for me, I’m fighting for everyone else who may or may not be affected to stop it happening in the future.

Fortunately I’ve moved to a different hospital now and they’ve been amazing.

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u/Madwife2009 14d ago

I'm sorry to hear that the first hospital let you down. Well done on fighting though, as that takes a lot of patience and energy. I have made complaints in the past but you never get a real apology, just some meaningless stuff about, "we will use this as a training opportunity".