Had surgery on Wednesday on my face

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  1. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

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    I wish you'd stop. At no point have I said my employers wouldn't let me take time off, I've said that after all the time I have taken off I didn't want to ask for any more..

    I feel I've been let down incredibly by the police and the NHS but not my employers.
     
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    I'm pretty sure there is no requirement of conviction. Unless things have changed recently, as long as it was reported to the police at the time and you have a crime number, you can claim. I've completed loads of CICA reports regarding dental injuries on victims of random assault.
     
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    My wife's facial stitches needed to come out on the saturday. On said saturday we were at Butlin's for the 80s weekend.
    I took them out whilst we were sat having a pint in the pub.
     
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    Julian Broddle's Perm Well-Known Member

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    Just ran that through Google translate, and it came out as ;

    "My boss reads this forum".

    Just joking pal, just had to piggy back on the fact you're getting frustrated at folk twisting your words when you've said nowt untoward at all.
     
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    The police wouldn't take my statement. I went to the police station to report it but they wouldn't take it. They told me to give my statement by phone. I explained I'd had my phone stolen. They said report it online then. I filled in the form online but it required a phone number, which I didn't have as my phone had been stolen. It wouldn't submit without one.
     
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    Well in that case go back and speak to another GP and your employer (surely you can come arrangement re making paid time up?) and explain the situation. It's your health at stake! After what you've been through being considerate to either isn't going to be the answer.

    If another GP won't help after explaining what you've been told ask them what it would look like if you get an infection and end up seriously ill because they couldn't find an alternative to getting them removed.

    Kick up a fuss whilst being firm but polite with the doctors.
     
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    That's ****. Although sadly not surprising :(
     
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    As I said earlier in this thread, I've had them out now.

    Do you think I haven't been saying exactly these things to numerous branches of the NHS for the past 5 days? Nobody will take responsibility no matter how nice you are or how much you explain the situation. No one cares and you bringing my employer into this is really not helping. They were the only ones who did care. I had my nose literally shattered. I had both my cheekbones and my jaw fractured. I didn't even get an X-Ray for 4 months. Bones were sticking out of my face and I was given some cream. My referral to the surgeon lay on the desk of ENT in Barnsley for 3 weeks. I came on here for help because I was finding it so frustrating, not a lecture and my employer dragged through the mud.
     
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    Might have grounds for a claim of negligence?
     
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    I don't want to claim money. I don't believe in a compensation culture. I want people who are ill to be treated with dignity and respect.
     
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    Well you need at least to put a complaint in. If you feel you have been failed then individuals need to be held accountable.
     
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    Like who?
     
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    Sorry its been so ****. It wasn't a lecture, it was unwanted advice. I have no clue who your employers are, but please send them my apologies. When you feel up to it complain, for the sake of coming after you.
     
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    I don't want to do that either. I'm not interested in holding people accountable. I just want to see all branches of the NHS knowing what the procedure should be so that people can actually be treated.

    The hospital told me to make an appointment at my GP practice for stitches out. My GP practice told me to phone the district nurse. When I phoned the district nurse and said I wasn't sure if I could make the only appointment time they offered me, as I was working, they told me to get back in contact with my GP. My GP practice wouldn't offer anything. 111 and I Heart Barnsley said that stitches are to be removed by A&E. A&E said no, the responsibility is entirely with my GP. That needs sorting out.
     
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    This thread, as far as employers are concerned, is absolute ********. Certainly as far as small firms are concerned.

    A decent employer would not turn a hair about a decent employee going off to have something as essential as medical treatment.
     
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    So what you're saying then is that the police and NHS have been great and your boss has you chained to the desk right? I have gathered this information from all the replies to you :)
     
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    Jay has said countless times that his employer has been supportive.
     
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    Yep, that was what I remember being the case. Were your assailants ever caught @Jay ? I'm guessing it was a long shot under the circumstances?

    Edit - sorry, just read further parts of the thread, which answers the question about how seriously the police took things. As for "compensation culture" , it's something that I broadly agree with you about. However, if I'd been assaulted, I'd probably suffered financial losses due to the assault, and a government system exists to compensate those losses (as opposed to profiting out of the incident) then I'd probably be tempted to look into it. I realise though that it's a completely personal decision and why you may not want to go down that route. Fingers crossed that you'll soon be mended and able to put the whole sorry tale behind you.
     
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    Having a criminal act genuinely cause you harm and take a lot of working hours off you is not the same as getting a fake whiplash and conning a load of money out of it; I think you should definitely put a claim in but can understand your reasoning if you don't. One of my good friends got robbed and lost consciousness in town one night and claimed, and was awarded a few hundred quid. It just allowed him a bit more flexibility in seeking the right care without it affecting his bottom line too much. He lost his phone too and put a family member's landline in the phone number box but they never used it, they just corresponded by post. It's fairly quick and I don't think any taxpayer would complain about a victim of a violent crime receiving some aid.
     
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