Running some kind of scam
This hospital is running some kind of scam. I paid £2,000 for a sleep study in September 2021. This was to get it done quicker than the NHS appointment, which I had been offered for early summer 2022. Twice in October and November the hospital cancelled my scheduled appointment. I rescheduled for end of November. Sadly, on the day of my appointment, I woke up with symptoms of noro virus (which had been going round my son's nursery) and so I had to cancel. The next day my son was taken into and admitted to hospital with a serious condition so I temporarily forgot about rebooking my appointment. When things had calmed down, I reconsidered and decided that with the hospital cancelling my appointment twice, and then my unfortunate sickness, it was now no longer worth spending 2k on something I could get for free in a few months' time. My situation had also been changing, with my symptoms slowly being alleviated so I was no longer suffering so seriously. I emailed the hospital explaining the situation and asking for a refund. The bookings team sent me a polite email assuring me the money would be refunded within a week. That was a Monday two weeks ago. The following week, not having received the money back, I emailed them and had no reply. I sent a second email, begging them to refund the money or let me know what was going on. No reply. This morning I phone the bookings team and politely asked what was going on with my refund. The lady, Gemma, asked for my name and said she would put me on hold. After a few minutes, someone retrieved the call off hold and without speaking to me, disconnected the call. In other words, they hung up on me. I called back twice and the call went straight to answer machine. I have no idea what kind of scam they are trying to pull here. At first they were so helpful and assured me in writing I would have a refund within a week. For some reason they then stopped replying to my emails and started hanging up the phone on me. What the hell is going on? Next step small claims court where I will also be claiming for interest and court costs.
31 January 2022
Unprompted review