"Excellent hospital"

When I was told I had to have my day case surgery at Birmingham Women's Hospital I thought it was going to be a horrible experience with women being nasty to each other. I wasn't happy about having my day surgery there at all. However, when I arrived I was pleasantly surprised. The staff were nice and friendly and welcoming and everything was efficiently ran.

The whole place has this positive attitude atmosphere and this passes on to the patients. Rather than patients being horrible to each other they were all supportive and kind just like the staff were. It was like we are all here to have surgery done and lets be supportive of each other. There wasn't any nastiness at all!

The hospital is old but I didn't mind that as it is clean. Everywhere the whole place is clean and spotless thanks to cleaners scrubbing things up. Even the nurses will start cleaning to make sure there is no mess anywhere. There was a sense of pride that they wanted to keep it clean. When I did use the toilets I noticed they still had the same paper towel dispensers as from my old school days! I felt so nostalgic as it bought back happy memories from my childhood!!!

Overall my day surgery went well, the after care was excellent the overall experience was great and I am glad that they proved me wrong. My husband came to pick me up and I left feeling grateful that the staff had looked after me so well. I don't want this hospital to be closed and moved elsewhere - it would be a shame if it is.....

Thank you to all the staff who looked after me so well when I had my day surgery and well done for keeping your hospital so clean!