To think cancelling an appointment 3 months in advance is not due to unforeseen circumstances

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DH was booked for a vasectomy in May. This was booked in November so already a ridiculously long wait in my opinion. Today he's received a letter to tell him it's been cancelled and moved to November!! And the reason?! Unforseen circumstances!!! 3 months in advance is not unforeseen circumstances, in fact the exact opposite surely???! FGS

Well, they were unforeseen at the time the appointment was originally made, surely?

It's totally foreseen. All these things were foreseen, and planned, by Hunt and his friends.

It depends on the circumstances surely? If the surgeon has had an accident for example then it is unforeseen circumstances

Hunt hasn't been the health secretary for a number of years.

Given the current state of the NHS I don’t think a year wait for a none essential operation is that shocking, altho I agree with the fact it’s not ‘unforeseen’. Maybe the surgeon has just handed his notice in and they anticipate a delay as a result

Perhaps the surgeon has an appointment for an operation themselves or has been summoned to jury duty etc?

Ask what these unforeseen circumstances are. It’s wrong to wait a year for healthcare.

November isn't in three months, oh I see

This!

well, yes it was foreseen, and they've let you know in good time.
Would you have preferred it if they'd left it until the intended day of the operation?

No but may is

Maybe the surgeon has handed in their notice, they've overspent on elective procedures and need to rein it back to cover outstanding essential ops from this financial year, the theatre has turned out to be built of RAAC and needs to be rebuilt, their failure/complication rate is too high, another surgeon has resigned or retired and this one needs to at least initially take over their list until a replacement can be recruited, they're ill with something serious - or any other of the myriad reasons why they didn't know in November that they wouldn't be able to perform the surgery in May.

Could be any one of the reasons listed above, no harm in asking.

And Liz Truss was a blink of an eye.

People like this do damage that leaves a long legacy.

And they do it on purpose, for an ideology.