Change of plan, off to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore

Contrary to last week's post where I was planning to visit the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, a little bit of internal hospital politics has gotten in the way at the GHA and I'm now going to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) in Stanmore, Middlesex... only 10 miles north from where I used to live in London - familiar-ish surroundings at least.

As for the shitty politics, to save going round in circles, the issue can be summarised as follows:

• Mr Surgeon Man knows Mr Specialist Man in Oxford and has referred patients there in the past
• Mr Specialist Man looked at my xrays and case file and decided he needed to see me before making a decision on best course of action
• Mr Specialist Man arranged for an appointment for me at his clinic at the end of October
• Mr Surgeon Man gave this info to the "Sponsored Patients" Department in Gibraltar
• "Sponsored Patients" declined to send me to Oxford... reasons for which are unclear, but I have deduced thus far that it's something to do with cost and/or the fact that they don't have SLAs in place with this centre
• Mr Surgeon Man fought my case with Mr Director of the Hospital Man who refused and told Sponsored Patients to find an alternative
• RNOH is said alternative

I have yet another appointment with Mr Surgeon Man tomorrow where I'll hopefully find out when I'm going to London.

The saga continues...