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Home From: Lorrie Farrall A friend of ours went private but saw the rheumatologist specialist in a clinic within the local NHS hospital. He was told that he needed a MRI scan and that if he would like to wait up to half an hour then he could have it done. He did this, and when he voiced his surprise about being put through so quickly, he was told that they just slotted the ‘paying’ patients ahead of NHS ones by using the gaps in the times between outpatient appointments reserved for possible inpatient requirements for private use. When he queried what happened to inpatients if they could not be allocated another gap he was informed that they would have to go on the list again the next day. Maybe this is part of the problem? |
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