The Park Medical Practice 2018-02-05 Person 2 5 0

Having complained about a back pain which was much higher than my normal Back pain over and over again since Dr Walker retired. I was eventually referred to a pain clinic. These referrals kept being refused again and again. I rang the surgery to ask about veiwing my notes eventually and was asked why. I gave a rather curt reply about not being helped with pain for a very long time. I then recieved an appointment at Bristol Southmead Pain Clinic within two days. I had complained about the fact that all I was offered for my inability to sleep was Citalopram for depression. I kept saying Im tired all the time as a result of pain, when I tried to sleep and had cut my days down at work only now working three days. I was still falling asleep at junctions, traffic lights etc and was stopped driving by Dr Mc Grath. I work on a self employed commission only basis and had cut down to just three days work as I was so exhausted however, this is not enough to cover my Self employed costs and give me a good income. I therefore ended up with no income at all. Nobody seemed to worry that I was still waiting for this pain to be investigated. Before Dr Walker retired I had some issues whilst at work after climbing stairs and was so breathless I couldn't hold a conversation. Attending a first appointment at the RUH, I was told I would be kept in due to my heart rate. I underwent many tests and had a monitor fitted at the R.U.H. and was referred to ST Bartholomews London.I underwent three days of tests. On the 9th November 2017 Dr Costas O'Mahoney rang me at home and an URGENT referral was made for suspected Pancreatic Cancer. The GP surgery told me that my case had been triaged and that they were going straight for a scope at RUH. Nothing happened for 5 WHOLE WEEKS. When I rang nobody knew of the scope procedure and all I had was an outpatient appointment with Dr Farrant in Gastroenterology. He was not overly concerned though he had not viewed the PET scan from London, he had his reservations and ordered an MRI scan promptly changing this to a CT scan on the 19th Dec after viewing the PET scan. THIS WAS THE FIRST INVESTIGATIVE TREATMENT IN FIVE WEEKS OF AN URGENT REFERRAL`!!!! I was then sent to see the wrong Dr Farrant, though I was given the diagnosis of Pancreatic cancer following his viewing of the PET scan and the CT scan Following two biopsy procedures I was finally told that this is inoperable by Mr Pope who is a highly respectable surgeon. I have always worked and am sad that my life is now to be cut short and my two daughters and three grandchildren will be left without a mother / Grandmother. If only this Back Pain was investigated earlier this maybe a different story!!! I had been given appointments with different GP's too. I think it is always good to have continuity of care in a GP Practice and not to be seeing a different doctor on each visit. I was working in Tunbridge wells and got stuck in traffic so was unable to make an appointment. My partner requested that he should go and speak with the doctors so they could understand my pain better. He was ordered out of the practic with a letter threatening to drop him from the Practice. John has been going to this practice for many years. He, like me was frustrated at the system. I should have shouted louder, sooner, If only I could!!! Carolyn Briscoe Stoney Stratton I hope that lessons are learned from this. Its too late for me and I am a young 60 years of age. I will do everything in my power to fight this but Mr Pope appears to be certain that I am inoperable and is not wishing to give false hope with any shrinkage from Chemo/radiotherapy, I hope and pray that things change to enable surgery but it's a long shot. Don't let this happen to you!