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User
Posted 28 Apr 2023 at 12:55

Hello,


Just wondering how long people are generally waiting for RP surgery after joining the waiting list ?


I realise it's very dependent on area - We are Portsmouth area.


Thank you


Vicky 

User
Posted 28 Apr 2023 at 16:02

Surgery September 2022


Trust: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust


Wait Time: 3 months


 


 

User
Posted 29 Apr 2023 at 11:50
Around 6 weeks I believe here in the South East.
User
Posted 29 Apr 2023 at 15:29

3 months Wirral university Teaching Hospital

User
Posted 09 May 2023 at 17:18
Similar area to you so I expect the Royal Surrey will also be where they send your bloke from Pompey - time between deciding RP and surgery around a month - made the call end of July, job done end August
User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 20:11

Usually surgery should be soon after a pre op otherwise the pre op will have to be done again. Hospitals have different time but usually 1-3 weeks.


 

User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 20:32

My pre-op appointment was within a week or so of the operation so hopefully you won't have to wait too long. I'm similar area to you Vicky

User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 20:49
Vicky, I would call the department and ask - it would be poor practice to give you an appointment for pre-op without a) telling you it is a pre-op assessment and b) informing you of the op date first.

I may be too cynical but my worry is that you might get there and discover it is either be a routine appointment or a booking error.
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 22:20

My pre op appointments were in a named ward , a different location to a normal urology department appointment. Are there any details on the letter. As advised a quick phone call is worth making.


Thanks Chris 

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User
Posted 28 Apr 2023 at 13:15

Hi Vicky, I'm relatively close to you and had my surgery within 6 weeks of meeting the RP consultant/surgeon. They actually offered me an earlier appointment which I couldn't make. I had surgery towards the end of Nov '22.

User
Posted 28 Apr 2023 at 13:29

Thank you, that's good to hear. We are over 3 weeks on from appointment with consultant but not had any communication yet. Sounds like we should hear something soon 🤞


Thanks again 


Vicky

User
Posted 28 Apr 2023 at 16:02

Surgery September 2022


Trust: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust


Wait Time: 3 months


 


 

User
Posted 29 Apr 2023 at 11:50
Around 6 weeks I believe here in the South East.
User
Posted 29 Apr 2023 at 15:29

3 months Wirral university Teaching Hospital

User
Posted 09 May 2023 at 17:18
Similar area to you so I expect the Royal Surrey will also be where they send your bloke from Pompey - time between deciding RP and surgery around a month - made the call end of July, job done end August
User
Posted 09 May 2023 at 18:24

Royal Liverpool Hospital met surgeon 24 February surgery 12 April and that was bought forward from the original date of 20 April. 

User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 18:04

Quick update for those in our area - Fareham/ Portsmouth


Saw consultant 6th April. Letter today,  19th May, for outpatient appt on 5th June. We are guessing this is a preop appointment but no information in the letter 😕 


No idea how long after that the op will be, hopefully not too long 🤞


Vicky 


 

User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 20:11

Usually surgery should be soon after a pre op otherwise the pre op will have to be done again. Hospitals have different time but usually 1-3 weeks.


 

User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 20:32

My pre-op appointment was within a week or so of the operation so hopefully you won't have to wait too long. I'm similar area to you Vicky

User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 20:49
Vicky, I would call the department and ask - it would be poor practice to give you an appointment for pre-op without a) telling you it is a pre-op assessment and b) informing you of the op date first.

I may be too cynical but my worry is that you might get there and discover it is either be a routine appointment or a booking error.
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 21:20

Thank you Lyn, I have to say we were a bit confused  - it's just a date and time for an outpatient appointment. We will ring on Monday to check it out 😊

User
Posted 19 May 2023 at 22:20

My pre op appointments were in a named ward , a different location to a normal urology department appointment. Are there any details on the letter. As advised a quick phone call is worth making.


Thanks Chris 

User
Posted 22 May 2023 at 12:47

Hello all 😊


So OH telephoned urology this morning. The mystery outpatient on 5th June isn't a preoperative appointment. OH has been assigned a new consultant who wants to see him before proceeding. 


Taking a glass half full outlook, it feels right that the new consultant wants to ensure treatment is right 😊


Taking a glass half empty outlook, it feels like we have rewound 2 months, back to the last time we met a consultant and decided on treatment 😕


So onwards we go.... we will try to remain glass half full people 😊😊😊


 


 

User
Posted 02 Jun 2023 at 17:05

Hi all,


Quick update for those in our area - Fareham / Portsmouth.  OH has appointment for op at end of June. So currently a 12 week wait from consultant appointment.


Hope the information is useful to others waiting


Vicky

User
Posted 03 Jun 2023 at 11:00

I had my biopsy results yesterday at Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, West Midlands and was told 2 weeks for a call from specialist nurse then 4-6 weeks for a meeting with oncologist then another 4-6 weeks for a meeting with a surgeon and THEN 6-8 months to wait for robotic and around 8-10 months wait for open surgery!


Seeing the replies from those in different parts of the country, I very much hope that I either misunderstood something or perhaps the information I was given was maybe not entirely accurate. The medical team are advising me to go onto AS (Gleason 6, grade 1, age 55). Maybe I would be low priority for the waiting list. 

User
Posted 03 Jun 2023 at 22:47

Jonathan, if they put you down as on AS, they avoid the target of a) seeing the consultant within 31 days of diagnosis and b) treatment commencing within 62 days of you confirming your preferred treatment. It may be that your hospital is nowhere near meeting the national targets and has given up trying?


However, I see from your other post that you only had one positive core and the MDT recommended AS. On that basis, surgery or radiotherapy seem rather like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut so the long waits being quoted to you are probably because you would be asking for radical treatment against the advice given to you

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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
User
Posted 05 Jun 2023 at 08:07

Many thanks for your comments.


I have checked on the NHS web site and the average waiting time for surgery at the Redditch hospital is stated as 26 weeks.


This particular thread started about the issues of timescales so I will pick up on on your other point elsewhere. things are not as straight forward as the proverbial sledgehammer and nut, though I suspect you are correct when you say that might be the thinking behind the medical team’s preference for AS for me.


 


 

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