Dorset County Hospital 'finalising arrangements' for appointments on day of Queen's funeral
The hospital say patients affected will be contacted directly
Dorset County Hospital say they are still finalising arrangements for Bank Holiday Monday in light of the Queen's Funeral.
The hospital has released a statement on their social media pages to say they will be in direct contact with any patients who's appointments have changed.
We are also being told that if you do not hear from the hospital, you can assume your appointment is going ahead as planned.
The announcement comes after a number of hospitals in other parts of the country called appointments off due to the bank holiday on Monday to mark the Queen’s funeral.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: “Following the announcement of the plans for the late Her Majesty The Queen’s state funeral on Monday September 19 2022, some non-urgent planned care appointments/procedures across Bedfordshire Hospitals will be postponed.
“We will contact all relevant patients if their appointment or procedure is to be re-scheduled.
“However we must clarify that both hospitals (Bedford and the Luton and Dunstable) will remain open with urgent planned and unplanned/emergency care continuing as normal.”
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust said that “some changes may be made to appointments” due to the bank holiday.
“If this affects your appointment, we’ll contact you as soon as possible to rearrange,” it added.
Queen Victoria Hospital in Sussex, which provides reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation service, said: “Our team is contacting patients with planned appointments or surgery on the day of the Queen’s state funeral (Monday September 19) to make new arrangements.
“Thank you in advance for helping us to make these changes at short notice. Please do not call us, our staff can best work through this if we call you.
“NHS emergency services, including the minor injuries unit at QVH, will continue to work as normal.”