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Hospital out patients appointments

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tanith Thu 05-Jan-17 15:23:02

I have to go to Charing Cross hospital in two weeks for the results of an MRI and the app is late afternoon on Friday. Anyone who lives in London will realise why this might be a problem on the return home in the 'rush hour' standing on the tube in rush hour isn't my idea of fun. I did explain and try to get an earlier app but was told that as it was an afternoon clinic I had to accept the time/date or go to the back of the queue again. My app is 4:30 I was going to get there at say 3 and hope for the best.

Just wondering if I turn up early for my app will I get seen earlier or do they stick to app times. I know its a bit of a how longs a bit of string question and different hospitals/depts will behave differently but just thought I would ask others experiences of turning up early for apps..

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tanith Fri 06-Jan-17 10:28:27

Thanks daphnedill could be a plan.

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Charleygirl Fri 06-Jan-17 10:46:00

tanith recently I had to go as an emergency from home to Moorfields, City Road and it cost me £15 to go there. I appreciate that you live further out than I do but the problem is getting a mini cab from inner London to where you live costs a lot more. Why do you not ask your local mini cab company how much it would cost for one of their drivers to pick you up from OPD? That is what I did going home because the inner city firm wanted to charge around £20.

If you were certain that you would not be going for xrays or whatever, maybe your DH could ring the company when you are called to see the surgeon and that would save time hanging around.

It would be cheaper and more pleasant to have a fish and chip supper close by and catch a marginally later tube and with luck the majority of the rush hour punters will be on their merry way.

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tanith Thu 12-Jan-17 12:12:36

Thanks Charleygirl I missed your last posting.

Just a quick update got a call from the hospital yesterday saying your Fri 4:30pm app has been moved to Monday at 10:50 so problem solved.. thank you to the NHS fairy grin

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Jayanna9040 Thu 12-Jan-17 12:22:25

My experience of London on a Friday is that it's not too bad around rush hour as Friday is POETS day (piss off early tomorrows Saturday). It might not be as bad as you fear....

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tanith Thu 12-Jan-17 12:35:38

Jayanna9040 if you'd read my last post you'd see that the problem was solved by a change of date and time.

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Jayanna9040 Thu 12-Jan-17 13:23:53

Well silly me.....

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