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[Lotsirb]

I booked an emergency appointment yesterday with a 111 doctor. I had a bladder area problem.

my appointment coincided with my usual mid afternoon low blood pressure/ MVA pain. Doc was so concerned with the way I looked she took my Bp and pulse then rang 999 and requested a category 1 ambulance. I was blue lighted into A&E and am now in Bristol Heart Institute awaiting a cardiologist visit. This could have been avoided because four medical professionals and me have been requesting an outpatients appointment in Heart Institute since March because things aren’t right. OK. So I’ve got that off my chest! Now I’ll wait to see if a cardiologist is working on a Sunday.

[Titchyj]

hope you are able to be seen today by a cardiologist and they can sort things out for you.

Best wishes

Jan

[DodgyTickerMum]

It’s so appalling the hoops you have to jump through, to get the treatment you should automatically have received months ago. You shouldn’t have to present as an emergency, but my Consultant Surgeon said (prior to my op) - that the only way to progress quicker up the NHS cardiac surgical list, was to end up being admitted as as emergency! Just so dreadful.

I hope you get to see someone today, but I wouldn’t hold your breath on a Sunday!

[Taviterry]

I hope that everything works out for you. Do let us know how you're getting on.

I do wonder what's the extra cost to the NHS of these emergency procedures whilst we wait for routine appointments.

When I was on the waiting list for a TAVI at Hammersmith, I had "remote monitoring" every Monday, which entailed me feeling in an on-line questionnaire and giving much the same info to a nurse on the phone.

On the other hand, my main whinge about the last 20 months was not being allowed to tell anyone in Haematology about a deterioration in my condition following an earlier assessment. Since then I've had two visits to A & E, one by ambulance, with an ECG and blood tests on both occasions. Understandably perhaps, Haematology was unaware of these until I mentioned them at a telephone appointment some weeks later. It then arranged a blood scan for something very rare and potentially nasty, confirming my suspicion that my case was not routine - the scan proved negative, but questions remain.