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"Insensitive and disorganised "

About: Countess Of Chester Hospital

I had a d&c under GA for a missed miscarriage. I was extremely nervous and distressed after suffering a late miscarriage only 10 months earlier. I arrived at 7:30am and was left to wait in the waiting room for 6 hours before being moved to a private room as I was upset. It was 9 hours before I went to theatre-in that time it was clear the department was in chaos with patients documents being mislaid and having to complete the same paper work over again. I’d waited that long I was very dehydrated which made retrieving veins distressing and painful-which brought back previous trauma. After the surgery my blood pressure was very low due to being so dehydrated and I only left the jubilee centre at 8:30pm. There was not a clear handover to the nurses of what had happened as they didn’t know if I’d had any pain relief or couldn’t tell me why my other hand had been bandaged up-the opposite one to where my cannula was. I can honestly say I wouldn’t feel safe coming back to this hospital with a future pregnancy. It really didn’t need to be this way and greater sensitivity is needed when dealing with women who’ve had miscarriages.

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Response from Countess Of Chester Hospital 9 months ago
Countess Of Chester Hospital
Submitted on 17/08/2023 at 16:18
Published on nhs.uk on 18/08/2023 at 13:01


Dear Anonymous,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are sorry to hear about your negative experience when you came here for your D&C. From the details you have given, I can understand why you have been left feeling disappointed.

We seek to learn from concerns to improve the treatment and care that we provide. I will share your feedback with the service and I can assure you that your experience will help us to improve.

Should you wish to discuss your concern with us further, please reach out to the PALS team. You can do so via telephone on either 01244 366066 or freephone 0800 195 1241 (option 2), email via: cochpals@nhs.net, or alternately you can call into our PALS office to speak with one of our advisors (opening hours are Monday to Friday between 09:30-16:30; they are situated in the Main Reception of the Countess of Chester Hospital).

-Jodie (PALS)

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