My daughter was transferred from Derby royal with probable shunt failure which I had been trying to get someone to investigate for 5 weeks, she was admitted to E40 where she had icp monitoring 4 days after her arrival at qmc which proved my suspicions to be correct, she then had a shunt replacement a week after the icp, the nurses, surgeons, anesthetists, cleaners and play workers/school teachers were all very good and worked very long hours. I was very disappointed one morning with a doctor that came to put another canular in my daughter even though the nurses said she didn't need one, the doctor wasn't prepared and my daughter ended up having a panic attack, the nurses were very unhappy this had happened and the doctor later apologised. I did feel that they wanted to discharge her as soon as possible even though she was still in alot of pain, I raised concern about this and was told I could ring the ward anytime if concerned, this was not the case at all, ot has been four and a half weeks since her surgery and she's been home for three and a half weeks, she's in terrible pain but I get no help or support if I ring the ward, all I get told is to go to a&e if concerned,
I've rung her consultant /surgeon several times but only ever get an answering machine, I have left messeges begging for someone to contact me about her pain but no one calls back, I feel completely let down and am currently sitting with a child in pain 24/7, I will have to go to a&e if this carries on putting more strain on the hospitals services when she should be seen on ward or by her consultant.
"Good care while in hospital, no after care..."
About: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Medical Centre Campus / Neurosurgery Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Medical Centre Campus Neurosurgery NG7 2UH
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