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About: Queen Margaret Hospital / Orthoptics

(as a service user),

I had a routine outpatient appointment at the opthalmology department at the QMH in Fife for my 1 year old. We were made to wait for over an hour in the hot waiting room for no apparent reason while every other patient who came in was taken before us. When we were finally seen, no-one apologised, we were told this was a two part appointment and that they would put some drops in her eyes which would take half an hour to work, when we would then need to wait to see the consultant. Needless to say my 1 year who'd been getting pretty upset in the waiting room didn't cooperate for that and so we left after a pointless 1.5 hours. I have now cancelled my return appt because I cannot face being treated like that again.

I'm self employed and had to cancel a whole afternoon of patients to come to this disorganised clinic. 

As an aside I was also told to "hold my baby like you're giving them a bottle"... They had just seen me breastfeed my daughter to try and pacify her so clearly I didn't know what they were telling me to do, and it's completely inappropriate and unsafe to feed any child lying down. Please promote proper infant feeding within the NHS. 
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Response from Gillian Ogden, Head of Nursing, Planned Care, NHS Fife 4 years ago
Gillian Ogden
Head of Nursing, Planned Care,
NHS Fife
Submitted on 31/05/2019 at 11:52
Published on Care Opinion at 11:52


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Dear Rer9018

Thanks for taking the time to post your feedback on Care Opinion.

I am so sorry that your experience was not good. The care you received is not what we would expect or strive for for our patients and I completely understand why you and your wee one were upset and why you wouldn't want to come back.

It is important that we have the opportunity to check your daughters eyes and I would be keen to speak with you about this and to understand a bit more about your appointment.

I would be grateful if you could please give me a call directly on 01592 643355 ext 20148.

Many thanks and I hope to speak with you soon.

Kind regards

Gill

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