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About: Tiverton and District Hospital / Endoscopy Diagnostic Unit

(as a carer),

My sister had an appointment recently at Tiverton hospital at the Endoscopy Diagnostic Unit.

I delivered my sister to the door of the Main Entrance as she cannot walk far.

Unknown to either of us, there is a new Diagnostic Unit with an entrance to the side of the main building, which is where the procedure was to take place.

This new unit has only been open since May. Previously, the old endoscopy unit was accessed through the main entrance.

The member of staff on reception at the main entrance had to bother to redirect my sister to the new entrance. My sister then had to walk several metres to the new unit, as I was by then trying to park to return and assist her.

My suggestion is that a mini map is added to the appointment letter, showing the new unit and new entrance, as this would greatly help those who are less mobile.

The new unit is very nice and the unit staff are very pleasant.

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Response from Jessica Robison, Clinical Nurse Manager (Eastern services), Tiverton Endoscopy Diagnostic Unit (Eastern Services), Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust last month
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Jessica Robison
Clinical Nurse Manager (Eastern services), Tiverton Endoscopy Diagnostic Unit (Eastern Services),
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 25/09/2025 at 17:10
Published on Care Opinion on 26/09/2025 at 08:02


Hi phasecg99,

My name is Jessica and I am the Clinical Nurse Manager at Tiverton Endoscopy.

Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us some feedback regarding your Sisters appointment. I apologise for the confusion in which department to attend.

Thank you for your suggestion about adding a map to the appointment letter, we will take this suggestion to our next meeting for discussion. In the meantime we have asked all our booking team to reiterate the location of the new unit during the booking telephone calls.

I'm glad you found the new unit to be nice and had a good experience with the staff.

Kind Regards

Jessica Robison

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