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Travel costs reimbursed

 

Michael Howard MP for Folkestone and Hythe was delighted to learn that following his intervention his constituent, Mr J Dawson of Holywell Avenue, Folkestone has been reimbursed of his travel costs by King’s College Hospital NHS Trust.

 

Mr Howard said: “Mr Dawson had one of his regular appointments to visit Kings College Hospital in London and as was his usual agreement, expected a telephone call the previous evening to confirm that a car would be at his home to collect and take him to the hospital.  On this particular occasion, the telephone call did not materialise and neither did the car the following morning.  Fearing that he would miss his appointment Mr Dawson took the train to London at considerable cost.  He later found out that a car did in fact arrive but far too late.

 

“Mr Dawson wrote to me to complain and I took the matter up with the Hospitals Trust to ask for reimbursement of both his train and taxi costs.  I thought Mr Dawson’s claim was entirely justified and I am delighted that the Hospital Trust thought so too and reimbursed him the full amount.  All too frequently I write letters of complaint to Hospital Trusts and I am more than delighted that Kings College Hospital Trust have apologised for the concern caused to Mr Dawson and repaid the monies which he could ill afford.”

 

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