He spent a week in Ayr hospital then 3 weeks in ward 2D at a crosshouse before being discharged. His care as an inpatient was great, particularly in ward 2D. The nurses were very approachable and caring and his consultant updated the whole family on numerous occasions. Our issue has been his discharge. He was discharged home into a building site (a wetroom was being installed in their only bathroom), he is incontinent and was only given 1 packet of pads, my 75yr old mum is his carer and received no training in his catheter, including swapping the bags at night. The district nurses are not visiting until this Wednesday and we have been forced to purchase pads as they have run out. My mum phoned the gp today to try and get pads and was told they’d need to wait until Wednesday. So to sum up-hospital care great, discharge planning non existent.
"Hospital care was great but no discharge planning"
About: Crosshouse Hospital / Urology Crosshouse Hospital Urology KA2 0BE Renal (Kidney) Medicine & Dialysis Renal (Kidney) Medicine & Dialysis KA2 0BE University Hospital Ayr University Hospital Ayr Ayr KA6 6DX
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