Reviews
Reviews
The whole team were professional, efficient & caring during the whole process
all the staff were friendly and helpful.
All staff have been supportive of my issues and great care received.
Kind, considerate, knowledgeable.
It took 13 hours for a doctor to look at my blood test result and tell me that the result had an indicator (high) for a blood clot. Thankfully no clot was found but it took a total of 24 hours to find this out. There was no way of knowing during the 13 hours from blood test that there wasn’t a blood clot nor during the subsequent hours waiting for scans. I waited in a corridor for 13 hours! People around me laid on the floor. Desperately sad and terrifying. I’m grateful for the treatment I eventually received and forv care of the doctors and nurses.
Because the doctors and nurses are brilliant here.
I think it's a disgrace that nurses have to pay for parking. How can this be?
I am having 20 sessions, completed 15 so far. It has actually been a very pleasant experience, with lovely staff and a great environment. I can't fault it.
The communication from the doctor I saw was excellent and have passed this onto his consultant on the day.
The nursing staff however barely looked you in the eye listened to what you said or checked that you are ok I appreciate that they are very understaffed.
They were having to restock areas all the time as there is no one to do that job for them.
In SDEC there was a disagreement between the senior sister and the sister about how this was not good enough and she needed to do better. I don’t necessarily disagree as the area was just disorganised however the desk is not a sound proof area and when you are in a chair in front of the desk you can hear everything. Multiple times having to share drip stands as not enough for one person meaning that you could not go to the toilet or get up to speak to the nurse and to get my drip re started meant asking for help three times and still not done (figured out the issue on my own) the only reason the scores are not just ones is because of the doctor that looked after me.
Sleeping in the corridor outside SDEC was awful, to get to the toilet you either had to wait for a member of staff to open the door or just push it open which is probably why it is mostly broken. The heating was still on so with no air coming through the corridor was hot and humid (a porter sorted this out) No where to wash or clean your teeth in the morning. My bed was opposite the door so every time someone came through the door meant I could see and be seen by those in the waiting area. The area is not supposed to have people walking through it however this was mostly ignored. The lights were on constantly I was told that I would be given a night pack none was offered. The senior sister the same one who spoke to the sister took me round to the corridor did not tell me where I was going or why and clearly has no interest in me as a person I was just an ‘issue’ she needed to move. No water or anything offered. I was moved to the ward despite being told I just needed to wait for the reg to explain the operation I need.
In SDEC when food came round if you could not walk to the trolley not sure you would have got food as no one seemed to check that an offer had been made I was offered food but was NMB still at that point but luckily no memory issues but also the NMB I was never told it was recinded.
The an and e department was overwhelmed. There was the overall impression that there were inadequate doctors and although the staff were trying to cope, no one could apply a coping methodology, wether it’s because of the amount and variety of patients or that they had this situation on a daily basis and were resigned to the simple fact that the situation was a virtually impossible one. I was there for 12 hours with no dialogue or updates on what was happening. I felt very sorry for the staff on duty and trying to work within this hopeless situation. I left with an unsecured catheter plus a box of antibiotics and no instructions on how long to use it for. The day was an insight into just how dreadful this situation with the NHS has become. It was positively Dickensian, a hospital department that wouldn’t be out of place in a banana republic. Shame on the shareholders.
I had been waiting ages for treatment and I asked for updates it was like I was hitting a brick wall, they delayed my procedure two knowing the problem I had was life treating.