This gem is on my SystmOnline Patient Record:
"her"? Who the fuck is "her"?
I'm not confident that a "Post-CCT Foot and Ankle Fellow" is the right person for the job, especially as it's as clear as day that ALJABI, Yasser (Mr) did not read/understand either the referral letter or my medical records - if he had done so, he would have noticed the following:
That's the NHS-standard-format label which is stuck onto hundreds of my NHS forms... LRI staff said that the "M" indicates "Male"
Those two info-bits are fairly obvious
Those three info-bits are for those skilled in the ancient art of reading sentences
If that one's not sufficiently gender-diagnostic, I don't know what is!
If ALJABI, Yasser (Mr) can't tell a man from a woman, it's a fair bet that he can't tell an arse from an elbow, let alone a shoulder from an ankle.
I would tell him where he can stick his response, but I'm not sure that he'd be able to work it out.
THE SMALL(ish) PRINT... (updated 23/07/2016)
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I suspect the 'shoulder service' you are referred to will be the 'cold' one.
Didn't doubt you for a second, Glen. This arrived today... a standard fob-off letter somewhat lacking in detail bearing in mind my growing list of comorbidities. There's no evidence that anyone has been sent a courtesy copy, so it's entirely likely that neither my GP nor my haemo team have any knowledge of it.