Margate

[Tashi]

Hi,
At work at Margate Hospital, 1100 patient no show so far, had a coffee, shifted some paperwork,
now relaxing.
It is a gorgeous sunny day, bit of a breeze but it is lovely, they do say it here for the rest of the week, I do hope so.

What is it like where you are today, nice I hope?

[SparklyKid]

I thought the NHS was stretched beyond capacity ?

[AuntLydia]

You mean the QEQM? Are you not remotely bothered about using your photo as your avatar and revealing where you work, on a public forum?

Anyway its misty here and I'm recovering (badly) from a flu jab I had yesterday so don't mind being inside today.

[murraymints]

quite a pleasant day here in Edinburgh Tashi xx

[AuntLydia]

Sparkly That's what I was thinking. One no show and you have 30 minutes to spare? Must be Private sector ha ha

[Tashi]

SK, I run a Clinic, patients are normally seen for about 1½ hours at a time, you can only ring the next booked and see if they can come in early, in this case the next booking is for 1400, they delined.

[jno]

ah, you must be in the South East!

[wolf63]

I initially read the post as 1,100 patients had failed to show so far today. That was a bit of a shock!

I am not really awake this morning.

[ummmm]

I read it the same, Wolf.

[woofgang]

tashi, can you not ring the patient after the next booked and so on?

[Tashi]

Woofgang, the Receptionist does exactly that, today they said No, can not do anything about that.

[SparklyKid]

What sort of clinic is it where there is an apparent lack of patients.

[Sqad]

Tashi...don't fret...if a patient cannot be bothered to turn up or cancel, then it is not your problem.
Take 300 mins off.

[wolf63]

It must be frustrating when people don't turn up for appointments. My GP's surgery usually posts the missed appointment figures in the waiting room.

I have missed a couple of appointments over the years but not intentionally.

[Sqad]

30 mins.......OR ....300 if you want...LOL

[spathiphyllum]

The weather where i am Tashi is cloudy but dry (thankfully) although floor is wet from damn callum over the weekend.

[AuntLydia]

Sparkly wrote //What sort of clinic is it where there is an apparent lack of patients.//
What sort of a clinic that gives 90 minutes per patient? Seriously???

[Tashi]

Hi Sqad, 90 min appointment plus lunch break , win, win!

[aelmpvw]

overcast and chilly in leicestershire but at least i could take the dog for a walk without getting drowned

[AuntLydia]

Come on then Tashi what clinic is it?

[ummmm]

AL...is that a serious question? It's not a GP appointment!