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"Not being given the official complaints email?"

About: St John's Hospital / Accident & Emergency St John's Hospital / X-rays & Scans

(as the patient),

I attended St Johns for an emergency MRI on my back at 11.45am , then after that attended A&E to see doctor about my results ( as instructed by doctor ) @ 12.45pm .

 4.45pm came and went and i asked reception when i would be getting seen and she went and enquired and told me they are looking at my results the now and would be shouted once they had looked at them , 5.10 came and a nurse calls my name ( was called 5 mins before but was in toilet ) and takes me through the doors to where the cubicles are and asks me to sit ( all this sitting and me in agony with my back ) and asks me what my pain was like where i replied i'm in agony because yous have kept me sitting in the waiting area all day , then she ( without offering me any pain meds ) tells me that my results weren't through yet and to take a seat again in the waiting room where upon she was told don't bother im going home ( because i was in desperate of my pain meds ). 
Now who is lying ? the receptionist when she says they were looking at my results when she went through , the person who told them they were looking at my results ? or the nurse that said the results weren't through yet? 
My partner phoned the reception ( not happy that i have been in pain all day and still not had my results and worse not being offered any pain meds what so ever ) to make a complaint and was given this email address (feedback@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk ) , now surely they wouldn't accept feedback as an official complaint , surely there must be a procedure to follow for an official complaint and not do it through feedback? I get the feeling that i'm being lied to again and not being given the proper official complaints email address or even a postal address , so if anyone can shed any light on this i would greatly appreciate it
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Response from Patient Experience Team, NHS Lothian 6 years ago
Submitted on 20/04/2018 at 12:27
Published on Care Opinion at 15:50


Dear Jakeyboy007,

Thank you for contacting us through Care Opinion further to attending our St. John's Hospital.

I am sorry to read of the back pain you have at this time, and I would be very grateful if you could please contact our Patient Experience Team to discuss your experience. The Patient Experience Team can be contacted to discuss any feedback, concerns or to raise a complaint. You can reach us at:-

Telephone: 0131 536 3370

Email: feedback@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Post: Patient Experience Team, NHS Lothian, 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EG.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us.

Best wishes,

Pamela

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