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"We will remember you all forever"

About: Victoria Hospital / Palliative Care and Hospice

(as a relative),

My Mum was diagnosed with lung cancer with brain mets in February this year and we were told we didn't have even a year left with her. She spent her final days in ward 23 Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife. We were waiting on a hospice bed but she never made it. Sadly my brave mum passed away on the ward.

On behalf of my family and I, a huge massive thank you has to go to the staff on ward 23. The care my Mum and my family received was outstanding. The nurses on the ward could not have done any more for us or my mum. My Mum was comfortable at all times and in the brief periods that she was unsettled they made her comfort their priority. We were never felt rushed to take a hospice bed for Mum. They were genuine and caring and we will be forever grateful. Especially to Donna who sticks out in many of our minds as a loving and selfless lady who really did care about us all. Even today when we visited the ward, she gave us big cuddles. Thank you to you all. We will remember you all forever.

The family of Anne

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Response from Jamie Gorman, Senior Charge Nurse, Ward 21 & 23, Emergency Care, NHS Fife 6 years ago
Jamie Gorman
Senior Charge Nurse, Ward 21 & 23, Emergency Care,
NHS Fife
Submitted on 09/12/2017 at 16:54
Published on Care Opinion on 11/12/2017 at 10:43


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Dear Annes daughter,


Thank you for finding the time to write on care opinion about the experience of your mum's admission to ward 23 and as a nursing team, I'd like to offer our heart felt commiserations.

It's really pleasing to read that the nurses did everything they could to keep your mum comfortable and could not have done more for your mum and your family during her time on ward 23.

I will pass your post on to the staff on the ward ( especially Donna), who I know will be proud and boasted by your appreciation of their nursing care and I'm sure they will remember your mum and family forever too.

Take care

Jamie Gorman

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