Update on phlebotomy services at Gilbert Hitchcock House, Bedford

Image of blood test

Some of you will remember an exchange of letters Richard had with David Carter, Chief Executive of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust regarding the deteriorating quality of service being delivered by Bedford North Wing Hospital in respect of being able to book blood tests.

Richard Fuller MP said:

The latest update that David Carter has communicated is encouraging in that "๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›-๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  2.5 ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘ , ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™."

David also goes on to state: "๐‘Š๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ . ๐‘‡๐‘ค๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“."

This all sounds quite positive however I would like to hear your thoughts so please email me at [email protected]

You can read more about the previous exchanges between Richard and the Chief Executive here and here.

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