My wife was admitted to hospital with a lung infection. She has COPD.
Sent home a week later under AHAH .Two phone calls on that day, the next day one call, then no call at all, then just one call the day after that. I asked why no call on the second day and was told it was due to not having blood results.
I became concerned about her condition phoned AHAH and was told to bring her in - phoned ambulance taken to A&E in the afternoon, discharged by 8pm.
While in hospital my wife was asked what i was like she said he's very good - meaning I was capable of looking after her. No one talked to me to see if it was alright with me that I had now become her carer, or to ask how were things at home regarding any problems.
In the patient information they say you will be given the same treatment at home that you would have in hospital - I think this is misleading in my opinion. I am not medically trained and progress and problems can be sorted immediately in hospital. I have looked at figures which state that it costs more per day at home than in hospital bed, and that recovery is longer at home than in hospital.
I can see how some patients would benefit from this approach, but my wife I feel was not one of them. AHAH in this form has been going for two years has had problems. I'm fully aware of the problems in the NHS and appreciate the difficulties the staff work under.
"I am not medically trained"
About: North Devon District Hospital / Acute Hospital at Home North Devon District Hospital Acute Hospital at Home Barnstaple EX31 4JB
Posted by quebecbh74 (as ),
Do you have a similar story to tell?
Tell your story & make a difference
››
Responses
See more responses from Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust