A 16-year-old boy has been told to wait up to 951 days for a hospital appointment, despite being in considerable discomfort.
But it will take until June 2025 for an appointment at his nearest urology clinic to become available.Initially, the boy’s father even thought the appointment date given by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was a typo.: ‘His life is not in danger but it is a sensitive problem and he is 16-years-old.
‘We were anticipating, almost accepting that it would be a few months but to be told it is 951 days – more than two and a half years – I was just incredulous.The trust has apologised and admitted the wait times were ‘unacceptable’ The dad thought that by ringing up the problem would be resolved, as he assumed the date was human error.‘I spoke to the person in the booking office who had already anticipated my question before I asked it, as she said “yes, we have fielded a lot of these calls, particularly for urology”.’
His son will be 18-years-old by the time he is seen by the Urology clinic at the Princess Royal Hospital.
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