A few days ago I received a text confirming an appointment at the hospital – this was news to me as I had not been advised of the appointment that was now being confirmed. OK, no problem the letter is likely to be in the post. Unfortunately there was no way I would have been able to attend the appointment without MAJOR disruption and rearrangement and as I know there is nothing significant outstanding I opted to text them back (as suggested) to postpone the appointment. Great stuff.
Even greater was someone ringing me later to rearrange the appointment and offering me another only 3 weeks away. Great stuff.
Today I got a letter:
“Due to unforeseen circumstances your appointment has been rescheduled. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.”
I haven’t yet had a letter about the original appointment and it would be slightly churlish to comment on the rearrangement. So I am going to be slightly churlish. It’s a minor thing, but the wording suggests that the hospital had to reschedule and are apologising for that. No, I rescheduled and I would simply suggest a small tweak (an additional letter) worded appropriately for the situation.
It’s in no way life-threatening but it is yet another, admittedly minor, example of not really being as patient-focussed as is the expectation. To be fair, this little exchange gets 9 out of 10 (which is MUCH more than some earlier exchanges) but the extra point is the one that makes the difference. Good stuff could easily be a bit better.
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