"Good Experience "

Partner went in to A+E with high temperature, photophobia and head pain, A+E were great, got him in to his own room so he could have the lights off within an hour and half of arriving, to start with we were asked about possible migraine but after explaining his normal character they soon looked into other possible viruses/ illness. They suspected flu but also queried meningitis. He soon went off for a head scan and was kept up with pain relief and given an antibiotic that targeted a variety of different things to try and find/ help whatever was causing the symptoms. He didn’t get tested for flu until just before being moved to a ward. A+E staff were great, food was good and they even gave visitors hot drinks and occasional food, he got moved to a ward just short of being in A+E for 23 hours as they were very busy and he needed his own room due to the suspected meningitis and photophobia. Once in the ward the room hadn’t been sorted since having the last patient in there, a cleaner did come in shortly afterwards to clean the sink area etc but after being in there for nearly 2 days we found out the commode that was in the room had been left from the previous patient and had been used. My partner wasn’t told he was flu positive, a nurse mentioned it after she thought we were told. My partner was due to have a LP and had it later on the next day (moved ward the previous evening), I couldn’t fault the senior and junior that did the LP, the senior supervised the junior closely but all I’d say is the junior could of used more communication when doing the procedure to ease my partner and to notify him what was happening at each stage of the LP. I stayed the first night with him as we were in our own room and I thought it wouldn’t be a problem, had 3 nurses come and do obs throughout the night and didn’t say anything but in the morning (8:30am) a senior nurse told me I shouldn’t of stayed the night and that I had to go until visiting hours started at 10am. Food in the ward was good but my partner nearly missed out on tea one evening as he was asleep when they arrived and they didn’t leave him anything so I had to ask for something once I was back after their tea allocated time. My partner was discharged the next day after the LP due to it coming back clear and feeling himself again.