I was referred to Dermatology last week by my GP under the 2 week rule for a suspicious lesion on my face. Received an appointment for Monday of next week which was subsequently changed to a Plastics appointment on Wednesday of last week which I could not attend due to holiday. This appointment was then changed back to Monday however I then received another text message advising that Plastics had looked at my referral and decided it ‘did not meet the criteria for a 2 week referral’ and I needed to contact my GP to be referred to Dermatology as an ‘urgent referral’! I have done this and GP has re-referred me to Dermatology as urgent I am now worried that I will not been soon as quickly and I am concerned by how this has all been handled, especially as my GP is concerned by my presentation. Anyone else had these issues?
