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"My experience was a mixed bag"

About: Forth Valley Royal Hospital / Accident & emergency

(as a service user),

My friends drove me to the A+E department recently after a fall. I was told on arrival that I wouldn't be seen for approximately 4-5 hours. During this time I was not offered or given any pain relief. Also during this time I had to repeat my details over and over again as the staff couldn't find me on their system. After me telling them numerous times, they asked my friends if I could be mistaken ie was this my correct name, address, date of birth etc. Finally when I was taken to the x-ray department, the nurse was very abrupt and fairly aggressive in her manner. I was in a lot of pain and struggled to move my arm to where she wanted me to. I thought I was going to faint and this was seemed to be an inconvenience for her. After 6 hours of being in pain with no pain relief, I was told I had dislocated and fractured my shoulder. A nurse attended to me and asked me 2 questions which I nodded in agreement with. Her response was to ask me if I spoke.  I found this to be extremely rude. After 8 hours I was finally moved to a ward. The majority of the nurses were amazing, all but one who had no social skills and no smile. My experience with a junior doctor was uncomfortable to say the least. All in all my experience was a mixed bag. The majority of the staff were exceptional however a small number of the staff were appalling. 

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Response from NHS Forth Valley 6 years ago
Submitted on 19/10/2017 at 15:31
Published on Care Opinion at 16:37


Dear XXI

Many thanks for taking the time to get in touch about your recent experience. I was disappointed to hear that your experience was such a mixed bag, this is not how we expect our patients to be cared for, we work hard to provided that highest quality of care for all our patients and would like to pass on my apologies that this has not been the case for you.

I was wondering if I could ask you to get in touch with me, as I would really like the opportunity to investigate your experience further, you can contact me on jasongraham@nhs.net alternatively you can contact 01324 566523.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jason Graham

Clinical Manager

NHS Forth Valley

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