Different departments in your hospital maybe. If the different
specialists ire covering different hospitals they may never be in your
hospital at the same time.
Why do you have to take a full day off just to see a Quack. They do not
mind if you go in your work clothes, after all they are wearing theirs.

I get blood and neuropathy MOTs at my GP's surgery. It has to be done
before 10am to catch the delivery to the hospital labs, so at the most
takes an hour out of the working day. Retinopathy needs a trip to
hospital, by bus because of the drops, so that generally does take the
best part of the day until I can see again.

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6%  BMI 25

The situation at Salford.
MOT done at the GP surgery.
Early morning appointment (8.30-9) for bloods, usually fasting.  Go into
work after (well, after breakfast, that is).
2 weeks later, appointment with the nurse for the results.  Do neuropathy
check at the same time with a chiropodist who just does the checks.  Any
problems, have to be referred to the chiropody clinic, which is in another
GP surgery, for a separate appointment.
Retinopathy at local opticians with fancy camera.  I have to book the day
off for that one, can't see straight for ages afterwards because of the
drops.
So it's not very "joined up" at Salford.
Luckily employer operates flexitime, so late starts and early finishes are
allowed, providing I work the time up later.

Tell your boss you are actually healthier than the rest of his employees,
who don't look after themselves and don't get a yearly medical. :-)

We've been having some problems getting everything organised for my
mother while she was very ill a while back.

The GPs are superb at organising stuff like getting adjacent
appointments for the two of us, or getting her to see one or other
clinic and me to see the GP simultaneously, or getting her flu
jab/vitamin B12 injection simultaneously with another visit, so it's
obviously doable.

Hospital stuff is another matter though, at one stage she was seeing
specialists at two different hospitals, each an hour from here in
opposite directions.

Yes you guessed it, they gave her two appointments the same time on
the same day, one per hospital.

Thus they got her off TWO waiting lists while only wasting the time of
one consultant . . .

Bloods are one thing now done at the local cottage hospital, right
opposite the doctors' surgery.

I get my eyes and feet checked privately by local people, the optician
is actually pretty competent and has a new camera which works without
dilating drops (the flash is *fierce* though), the big advantage of
this is that they run on time rather than four hours late as per the
horse piddle departments, plus I can walk there and back rather than
driving for an hour. Also they tend not to have the special offer free
gift infections the hospitals specialise in.

<cough cough>

The care of adult Diabetics in Bolton is absolute f.cking shite and it
always has been.

To get ANYTHING done properly and to see the REAL diabetic consultant more
than twice in your life is a full time job in itself.

They can't be worse than Bolton.

As an example. The Clinic is held on various days, but bloods are ONLY taken
on Tuesday mornings. (two trips) Urine samples taken to the clinic are
shipped out for analysis, so if you want to know the results, you take the
sample to the clinic at least a week before your appointment time and then
go back a week later (two trips).