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"Please don't think this is about the staff"

About: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham / Neurology

(as a service user),

Dearest Q. E. you are surviving on the good will of your staff and the good name the old Q. E. has built up over many years... however 5 hours for the ward to answer the phone every day is not acceptable...30 mins of pressing the buzzer every day to get access to the ward is not acceptable..leaving my  mom in blood soaked clothes for two days inbetween us visiting and doing it is not acceptable.

Then your neurology department can't see me until November...despite me already being under the consultant...forgetting to organise an mri scan you wanted for 3 months.

 I'm in so much pain and I feel the consultant doesn't care IS NOT ACCEPTABLE....

Shall I go on... back to my mom..was told she needed an urgent blood transfusion .... she's just having it 4 days later...this is not acceptable..4 days of being sick and ill possibly due to low iron levels following major surgery that could have been fixed 4 days ago...tut tut

The staff are run ragged it's not their fault...I feel its your management that have lost sight of what your meant to be doing..I feel you want the trauma neurology and burns jobs from across the country, call yourself a specialist centre I think you need to keep it a bit more local...until u can deal with that why take everything you can. 

Please don't think this is about the staff they are lovely caring but there isn't enough of them to answer a phone to a desperate relative.. ...time to pull your socks up..

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Response from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 6 years ago
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 09/08/2017 at 10:23
Published on Care Opinion at 15:50


Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback about the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. We are sorry to hear about the concerns you have regarding the care you and your mother received. The senior staff responsible for Neurology are keen to listen to your concerns in more detail so that they can investigate what has gone wrong and take any necessary action. If you are happy to do this please make contact via the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). PALS are here to help and can be contacted by phone 0121 371 4400, by email PALS@uhb.nhs.uk, via the hospital website www.uhb.nhs.uk/pals-form or in person by dropping in between 9am – 5pm (Mon-Fri) to the PALS office located near the Information Desk in the main entrance of the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

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