HI THERE , I MUST ADMIT WE HAVENT ANY PROBLEMS AT OUR SURGERY , I PHONED UP AT 8.30AM AND I GOT TO SEE A DOCTOR AT 10.45AM THE SAME DAY. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD SURGERY HERE SO I TAKE IT WE ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. BUT WHAT GETS ME IS THE WAITING FOR THE HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS TO SEE A DOCTOR THERE. CLIFF HAS BEEN POORLY FOR 6 WEEKS NOW AND BEEN BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS TO THE DOCTORS. WELL THE DOCTOR SENT A LETTER OFF IN FEBRUARY AND WE STILL HADNT HEARD, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD RING STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL MYSELF AND SPEAK TO THE RECEPTIONIST. SHE THEN TOLD ME THAT HE WAS DUE TO GET A LETTER IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY . I THEN SAID ITS DIGUSTING AS HE STILL ISNT WELL AND HE COULD BE WORSE BY THEN, SO SHE TOLD ME THEN TO GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR AT THE SURGERY AND TELL HIM TO PHONE DIRECT TO HER WITH HER NAME AND NUMBER TO SAY THAT HE NEEDS TO SEE A CONSULTANT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WELL I DONE THAT AND THE DOCTOR PHONED THE LADY UP AND THE VERY NEXT DAY WHICH WAS A WEEK AGO SAID HE IS GETTING AN APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT TUESDAY THE 9TH MAY.IT JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO NOW TO GET ANYTHING DONE THERE AT THE HOSPITALS. IT SHOULDNT BE LIKE THAT . IF YOU WENT PRIVATE THATS A DIFFERENT MATTER BUT THEN SOME OF US DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT. ROSE