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"Awful"

About: University Hospital Of North Durham

What I liked

I have just returned from A+E and was so incensed by my awful treatment that I've come straight on here! I think that says it all really.

The receptionists were friendly and helpful, and to be fair my waiting time was very short. However, the waiting room was dark, seemed quite unclean and was very depressing. When I was eventually seen by the nurse, she was incredibly rude and could not have been any less interested in my problem. I had an accident 6 weeks ago in which I hurt my foot. It is still causing me quite a lot of pain walking, but she just touched my foot in 2 places and sent me on my way saying to carry on life as normal. There was no recommendation of pain relief or to wear some kind of foot support - essentially just 'put up with it'. In total, I was in her treatment room for less than 1 minute 30 seconds! And when I got up to leave she completely ignored me and looked back at her computer. Completely unacceptable.

So now I'm at home in pain and annoyed! Great.

What could be improved

Cleanliness and staff manners!

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Responses

Response from University Hospital Of North Durham 9 years ago
University Hospital Of North Durham
Submitted on 20/11/2014 at 14:55
Published on nhs.uk on 22/11/2014 at 03:00


Thank you for providing feedback from your visit to University Hospital of North Durham in 2011. Unfortunately, at the time you shared your feedback, we were unable to respond. If you would like to discuss your previous comments please contact us. The Trust is grateful for all feedback, positive or negative, as it means we can better understand what is important to our patients. Thank you for leaving your comments on NHS Choices. Patient Experience Team County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Tel: 0800 7835774

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