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 "𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 2.5 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑜. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙."
David also goes on to state: "𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑝ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑝 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑠. 𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓."
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.
