My husband is supposed to have an injection every 6 months. There were issues with getting the first injection done back in November, because the GP surgery messed up. When he got fed up of waiting, he spoke to a locum GP who gave him a prescription and he had to wait another week for that, only to find when he collected it and took it innto the practice nurse, that this is a stock item! We had anticipated this and gad already asked if his CNS could do the injection, but she said they do not do them.
My husband has planned his entire life around the fact that he was having the next injection next Tuesday, having made the appointment a couple of weeks ago, and this being the first appointment he could get. They've now called him today to say that they need to put it back by another week.
Clearly , this is not good enough in terms of patient care, but is it actually detrimental to his treatment?
Hello ansteynomad
We have had this chat before and the results were:
* A few days leeway + or - 3 days is the generally accepted rule.
* My G P says as it's a slow release treatment 1 - 2 weeks shouldn't matter.
* Then there's the big debate is it 6 months or 24 weeks. My GP practice use 24 weeks my consultant says 6 months.
I know I am not much help but that's how the last debate ended. I am sure others will contradict me but I've been wrong before 
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Helloansteynomad
In that case I would be contacting the Practice Manager at the GP practice to ask for the appointment to be moved back as it's a "time critical" injection.
The GP practice will have a "Shared Agreement" from you oncologist where they agree to undertake these injections. If you have no joy with the GP's speak to Oncology.
Best wishes - Brian.
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