Have tried since Tuesday last week without success. When I saw her on the 8th December I gave her a not asking her to write a supporting letter re my intended move to be near my youngest step daughter.
As I had not heard before Christmas I waited till after the festive period to chase her up.
Asking the receptionist the best time to try and get her was pointless as she didn’t have a clue.
I guess I could write but I tried that when trying to get a more thorough letter for Pip and never got a response.
It surely shouldn’t be this effing difficult to get in contact and get a response.
If I went and demanded to see someone on the basis of it being an emergency I’d no doubt end up with a lecture about how It’s not meant for things like that.
Funding is important but situations like this make you realise that it’s not just about funding.
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Sadly I think a lot of us have this difficulty…I actually asked my doc why…she said the receptionists are so USTA certain groups of mi over exaggerating the severity of the situation that it has blanketed everyone else…I told her if anything I down play everything and if I call and need help its probably serious…she has told the receptionists to put me through to her if I do call instead if putting me off and telling me to go to the er or saying they will leave her a message and don’t…sadly they do tell their patients they will leave a note or pass the message on just to get off the phone with you…
The thing it’s not a clinical emergency but something that needs to be done. After my experience when I was suicidal and had 2 people come round to our flat only to get a letter telling me not to bother them again in future I won’t be in a rush to contact them over any future emergency.
Aw that’s terrible…to be honest going down there may be your best bet…I hate having to talk on the phone let Alone go in person…but if their putting you off they can at least give you the 5 mins to explain why…or the 15 mins it would take to write the letter…
I’ve been trying to get ahold of my general practitioners nurse for days now and have been unsuccessful. We are playing phone tag, can you believe it?
I don’t know. I really want to believe in the mental health system that it’s one of those high speed bullet trains but it seems like sections of the track are missing. This is just awful to hear.
Mentioned it at the depot clinic on Tuesday. Whether they took on board what I said is anyone’s guess.
What I do know is that I haven’t had a phone call from the nurse practitioner ,so it could be she got the message but can’t be bothered to phone me or the message wasn’t passed on.
It’s hard to know what to do. Writing is an option but when I wrote asking for a more detailed supporting letter re PIP I never got a reply.
Personally I think they are only really concerned that I turn up for my depot. Everything else said to them seems to go in one ear and out the next.
Yes there’s a funding crisis but staff attitudes don’t help either.
It really goes with the other times I could have done with support and never got it. On more than one occasion getting a negative,hostile response instead.