Health Visitor no-show

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I had an appointment booked today with the health visitor between 9-1 and arranged to WFH today to accommodate this.

At 1:30 I hadn't heard anything so called the office who advised that someone had visited at around 11 but nobody was in the property! I explained that I had been home all day and that our doorbell was broken but nobody had knocked on the door or rang me (they put my number on the appointment letter and said they may contact me).

AIBU to think that although she may have rang the doorbell (which doesn't work) that some other attempt to contact me should have been made before assuming I wasn't home?

Yabu, put a sign up that your bell doesn't work. I wouldn't knock if I'd rung a bell.

She could have knocked when nobody answered the doorbell or rang the mobile.
I mean why would you bother coming out and half heartedly try the door?

Another vote for putting a note on the door. If you know the bell doesn't work it's your responsibility to listen out for someone arriving.

Our doorbell doesn't "work" (so I can avoid PIL), I put a note on the door to say to knock if I'm expecting anyone.

YANBU. A simple call from the health visitor to say they are on their way or outside.

FWIW I didn't know the doorbell didn't work until I tried it after getting off the phone with the office.

You know your doorbell doesn’t work. You know you were expecting someone. It it very surprising you did not put a note by the bell. Why would you not?

The HV did this to me. She forgot all about the first appointment so didn’t bother turning up then for his 4-6 month review she posted a card through the door to say she had missed me but hadn’t even knocked on the door! I had sat in waiting for her to turn up, didn’t have the television or anything on so was literally sitting listening out for her. She presumably couldn’t be arsed so didn’t bother knocking and just put a sorry I missed you card through the door. I was seething.

Ah. Cross post. It definitely read in your OP that you knew in advance your bell was not working. So you will have lots of people telling you you are unreasonable! In the circumstances as I know them now I’d just say it is one of those annoying occurrences. My HV years ago told me that nearly half of her visits end up as ‘no shows’ so it is not that surprising the HV did not hang around very long. Neither of you really at fault. Annoying though.

@whattodowith I didn't even get a we missed you note, I would have heard the letterbox!

My previous HV did this all the time. No broken doorbell (no doorbell at all!) and I was always in for the whole day when expecting a visit. Many times she didn’t bother turning up but put down I wasn’t in for each ‘attempted’ visit. I put in a complaint after it lead to SS dropping by about many ‘missed’ visits (my twins were premature and low birth weight, DD was on oxygen etc.) it took a while to convince SS that I wasn’t dodging the HV, seemed like she was dodging me! I live in a new area now and HV is excellent. I’m not saying your situation will be like mine at all, just saying sometimes they do lie about attempted visits...