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"Disappointed with care of my relative"

About: Dr Gray's Hospital / Orthopaedics (Bones, Joints and Fractures)

(as a relative),

Recently a member of my family was a patient in here. He was put in a side room on ward 6, due to developing confusion after his surgery and was shouting out loud. 

On many visits we went, the door to his room was kept closed and the curtains closed so how could the nurses keep an eye on him? He rarely had his buzzer, it was mostly on the wall and when he did have it the staff put it to the side he cannot move due to having a stroke, so could not use it! He had a falls alarm which was supposed to be attached to him and it wasn't on many visits - he had a fall whilst under their care so did he have it attached then? Could the staff even see him? 
The bedrails were up which I really believe posed more of a danger to him as I have photographic evidence of the position he got himself into whilst unsupervised.
On many occasions when our family was visiting for 3-4 hours, we would not see any member of staff come into his room, only the cleaners. We got the impression they couldn't be bothered with him. 
I am very disappointed with the care that my relative received. I have to point out that not all staff were like this, some were fantastic in the care they gave, however the bad outweighs the good in this situation. 
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Response from Diane Vass, Nurse Manager Medicine & Unscheduled Care, Dr Grays Hospital, NHS Grampian 5 years ago
Diane Vass
Nurse Manager Medicine & Unscheduled Care, Dr Grays Hospital,
NHS Grampian
Submitted on 16/04/2019 at 16:55
Published on Care Opinion on 17/04/2019 at 10:11


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Dear Grieving Family

I am so sorry to hear that you were disappointed with the care your relative received by some of the staff on ward 6.

From your comments I would agree that care he received was not of a standard we would expect from our teams and would like to look further into your response.

I would be happy to talk with you if you would like to give me a call on 01343 567900 any time to get a fuller picture of the admission and involve the Senior Charge Nurse to make a plan to improve for the future.

With kind regards

Diane

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