Hi again,
Another question!
I'm currently being seen privately courtesy of BUPA but will have to go back to NHS treatment in the next month or so and my experiences with the first rheumatology department I went to left me not wanting ever to return!
How do I go about finding someone who specialises in Psoriatic Arthritis for NHS treatment. North London/Central London are preferable.
Any ideas gratefully received, Google searches haven't turned up much.
Thanks!
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Most rheumatologists would have good knowledge of psoriatic arthritis.
For more information on specialists you could look at
http://www.drfosterhealth.co.uk/.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Nick
Helplines Team
Well, not wishing to slag anyone off but that's where I was initially diagnosed and 'treated'.
Let me put it this way, it wasn't the most positive experience I've ever had in my life and I wouldn't exactly recommend it to anyone else.
Hi Starburst
Is this statement coming personal experience, hearsay or a report you have read? If it is from an official report it would be useful to have a reference to it and if it is from some where else it is still useful to know where it comes from.
The reason I am asking this is because at Helplines Central we do not have this sort of information as things vary so much across the country. This being the main reason why we cannot make recommendations.
Best wishes
Simona
That's what it says on their website but having had three appointments there 'excellence' is definitely not a word I'd use to describe the department.
Overbooked, disinterested, rude receptionists, amazingly short appointments hugely disproportionate to the 2hr waiting room times!
Need I go on?
I changed hospitals due to my proff retiring and wanted a hospital nearer home. It was he who recommended my consultants and I am so pleased he did as they are brilliant. NHS.
Perhaps you could ask your consultant who he recommends.
As for the waiting times in hospitals they are not that bad, just take a book (or in my case a kindle
juliepf x
Hello,
This is what I was told by my rheumatologist who referred me there for a second opinion. I decided against going in the end and transferred to another local hospital.
I'm sorry to hear that Keith. As I said above, I was referred by my rheumy who sang their praises but I was fed up by that point of him, and got seen at another (more local) hospital.
All the best of luck.