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"I sense no empathy from them"

About: Croydon University Hospital / Accident and emergency

(as a parent/guardian),

My son was diagnosed with tonsillitis when we went to East Croydon walk in centre. But as a parent I was worried because 3 days of antibiotics my son was not responding hence I decided to bring my son in A&E. At the reception, I was told they were busy but I did not take long for us to be seen by a nurse. Staff nurse took the history and the health care assistance took the vital signs.Then they send us back to to the reception to wait and the wait was not too long for us. Now were attended by somebody who did not even bother to introduce themself. Ive told my worries but told me to finish the course of antibiotic and come back if on the 7th day if my son still unwell. Supportive management they said and wait for the antibiotic to kick in. I sense no emphathy from them. The worst one was, we been discharged by them and I realised that they did not assessed my son. In that treatment room were just talking and thats it. 

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Response from Sarah Pritchard, Senior Quality Lead, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust 4 years ago
Sarah Pritchard
Senior Quality Lead,
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Submitted on 18/10/2019 at 09:50
Published on Care Opinion at 09:50


Sorry for the delay in replying

I am sorry that your sons visit resulted in a poor experience - this is not the service that we aim to offer our patients.

I can't change your experience but we can investigate what went wrong and we can put it right for future similar situations.

If you would like us to do this, please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service ( PALS) so that this can be investigated further.

Our PALS office may be contacted by telephone on 020 8401 3210 or by email at ch-tr.pals@nhs.net.

The office is open during the week from 9.30am to 4:00pm

Thank you for bringing this to our attention and I look forward to receiving further communication from you.

Kind Regards

Sarah Pritchard, Senior Quality Lead, Patient Experience

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