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    1. Ok_Aioli3897 on

      So basically lack of facilities which she is okay accepting from her GP

    2. Swivials on

      Not sure if I’ve got this right, but from the article, it sounds like;

      – She needs regular weighing to manage her condition
      – Her local health services don’t have any facilities for someone in a wheelchair to be regularly weighed
      – They do have some facilities, but you need an appointment to use them

      I can’t tell from the article if she’s saying that she used to be able to just turn up at a clinic and use their scales, but now that’s shut down so she can’t – and she now has to book an appointment to get weighed? (Likely meaning she wouldn’t be able to get weighed as often as she needs)

      Or if she being told they can’t weigh her at all?

      Either way, being told to go to a pet shop to get weighed is ridiculous.

    3. PetersMapProject on

      Every pet shop / vet weighing scales I’ve ever seen has a step to get up onto it. 

      I’d also be fairly certain they have weight limits – suitable for an 80kg St Bernard, not necessarily suitable for 300kg of combined human and electric wheelchair. 

    4. LJ-696 on

      Your heath cuts in progress.

      And still we let politicians run this into the ground and skim any way they can make a buck.

      Edit) heath cuts are not just a funding issue FFS. It is way way deeper than that. For example removing a service to place staff in another service aka robbing Peter to pay Paul a service is still cut

    5. ohnondinmypants on

      We’ve all done, stepped on it to be weighed whilst the staff aren’t looking.

    6. Littha on

      We once had to send a patient to a local zoo to have a CT because they were too heavy for any of the local human scanners.

    7. midnightbandit- on

      Can I just ask what is the problem with this? Seems like a practical solution to an unfortunate problem

    8. AddictedToRugs on

      The lesson here for government employees is to never bother trying to propose alternatives.  Just say „nah, we can’t help you“ and leave it at that, because you’ll only get grief.

    9. KiwiJean on

      There’s a general lack of wheelchair accessibility in the NHS, I use a powerchair and have seen it many times. I know several disabled women who want to get smear tests done but they can’t transfer onto the beds at a GP surgery without a hoist (which GP surgeries generally don’t have) so therefore can never get a smear test done because they are only done at the GPs. There can also be issues with accessing mammograms as they tend to be in trailers that only have steps up to the door, and then you also need to be able to stand for a bit while the mammogram is being done. Again no lift or standing hoist is available so you just can’t have these preventative tests done.

      It seems ridiculous to me that you couldn’t at least have a nurse doing smears at a hospital that has a hoist, or for there to be the option to do ultrasound breast exams on people who can’t access mammograms. I know some people have said they’d even bring their own hoists and carers in to help them but because the equipment and staff aren’t owned/employed by the GP surgery it can’t happen.

    10. TheGorillasChoice on

      When my Nan (very overweight due to limited mobility) needed an MRI (or some other scan) they had to send her to the zoo.

    11. theabominablewonder on

      What dreadful advice. The scales at pets at home aren’t well calibrated!

    12. Terexi01 on

      I am slightly confused at what the issue with regular scales are? Since she still have use of her arms, is it possible for her to dismount and crawl on to a scale at home? Alternatively, have someone give her a piggyback, weight both of them, then subtract the weight of the helper?

    13. cozyHousecatWasTaken on

      Imagine the confusion on a dog’s face as it has to wait its turn

    14. woppo on

      “Although we are unable to comment on individual cases, we are continuing to look into her experience to fully understand the wider issues and identify what can be done for her and others in similar situations.”

      Isn’t this type of language infuriating?

      That they need to look into things to fully understand?

      If they do not understand now then they never will.

    15. SerendipitousCrow on

      Sounds like her options were hoist scales or perhaps she could use a transfer board to access seated scales if her mobility allows. The issue is gp surgeries rarely have these and it’s likely difficult getting access to the hospital owned ones. Not really an easy solution, and I get the pets at home suggestion was probably someone trying to help and thinking outside of the box but unfortunately completely missing the optics.

    16. Slight-Ocelot-7417 on

      Surely the trust have a dietetic team that they can contact. They will have a weighing team that can go out to this lady and weigh her with dignity

    17. Diligent-Buy-1300 on

      The letter and recorded call that followed would probably be part of defence for court after finally losing the plot. I wonder what colour the sky is on what ever plant they are on! It’s sad that it’s so matter of fact. Poor lass she do the right thing standing up to them good on her

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