Cancelled appointment

Hello Lynne , thanks for your reply. He should have had an appointment with his consultant , but he has now retired and he was supposed to see a locum . From what I can make out they are overwhelmed and unable to see all the patients at the moment. We have heard another person we know of has actually had his surgery cancelled so you can understand our concerns !Lynn is going to phone them and try and find out more information and pin them down to another appointment As you say he should at least be havimg his psa checked 3 monthly as it is showing an upward trend. If they have not got a consultant to look at the results though we are in trouble !

Thanks Lyn, my other half phoned the hospital and after a bit of to and fro ing he has  now been given an appointment with a consultant so alls well that ends well 

The poaching of trained/qualified medical staff from other countries has been going on for many years and at an increasing rate in the UK and it's high time that more incentives were in place to attract, enable and retain indigenous people in the medical profession. A wake up call is certainly overdue but regardless of what may be in train or planned it will take years to overcome the deficiency, regardless of what happens after 29th March 2019.

My mother was in a nursing home over a decade ago and the home owner had just returned from a staff recruiting trip to Poland. Asked why she had done this she said she could get a qualified nurse from there for the salaryof an unqualified helper in the UK. Just one example of the situation. It's no surprise to me that the Polish are now wanting at least some of their medical staff to return to cover shortages in Poland.

I think shortage of staff in a profession that requires greater training and expertise than ever before and with increasing demands on it, will result in more delays and cancelled appointments along with complaints from patients that they were not being given sufficient time and satisfactory service.

This is a more recent drive to recruit medical staff from the EU :- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/nhs-recruit-hundreds-gps-poland-lithuania-greece/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/781366/Brexit-news-Poland-Britain-UK-NHS-recruitment-doctors

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I am not sure Barry but I think the main problem in relation to doctors and physiotherapists is that there are more vacancies than places at university for new ones to train & join the sector? 

Hi all, we went to Lynns appointment and saw a very young but excellent houseman who tells us that now it is a waiting game until his next appointment ,  scheduled for 3 months as you had all thought it would be. However I mentioned to him about the rise maybe being due to lab variations or re growth of healthy prostate tissue at the neck of the bladder but he ruled both of these out . He says we will know more at next blood test in 3 months for p s a  levels -. levelling or rising. If rising a lot next time they will take action or if  3 successive rises are found .  I   would like to know if it rises but the focus is Still to small to be located what treatment is likely to be carried out. Has anyone any advice to give ?Thanks