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About: Western General Hospital / Medical Assessment Unit

(as a parent/guardian),

My son has been having palpitations for some time and his GP sent him to be checked out at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh at the receiving unit last week. My son has been pretty stressed about the palpitations and has been struggling to cope with how they make him feel. The nurse spoke to him in a reassuring manner when she was doing all his vital signs. She was thorough, professional and took venous blood with such confidence and ease my son was suitably impressed. The unit was really busy and staff were obviously stretched. It upsets me that I have to mention the trolley that was used to obtain my son's blood was splattered with someone else's  blood which was a huge shame. A quick wipe would remedy this so I hope this feedback is met with a positive response as this is the only thing that was below a level that I would consider acceptable. Once all my sons results were back, a doctor explained everything to us whilst listening to my sons concerns about the palpitations. A huge thank you to everyone in the ARU you did a great job under obvious pressure, for my family.

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Response from Catriona Rostron, Associate Nurse Director, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian 5 years ago
Catriona Rostron
Associate Nurse Director, Western General Hospital,
NHS Lothian
Submitted on 29/01/2019 at 15:19
Published on Care Opinion at 15:20


Dear Niccw33

Thank you very much for your helpful feedback. I am sorry that your son has been unwell and I am pleased to hear that, despite the Unit being busy, he was treated with dignity and expertise and that he was listened to and had his condition explained.

It is with disappointment that I read that the trolley that your son was on had not been cleaned properly. There is a cleaning policy in place, which has clearly not been followed to their normal stringent standard. I sincerely apologise that this was the case.

I hope your son is now starting to feel better. I would like to thank you for taking the time to leave this feedback, it is really appreciated.

Many thanks

Catriona Rostron

Associate Nurse Director

Western General Hospital

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