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"The staff are worth their weight in gold"

About: Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital / Surgical Paediatrics (Children's Surgery)

(as a service user),

My daughter was admitted to the surgical ward for a routine procedure, but none the less we as a family were still quite nervous. When we arrived we greeted by nursing assistant Karen she was lovely through out, her calming nature and her infectious smile really helped my daughter and my self feel at ease, she does not know how much she helped me keep my cool, which no doubt reflected onto my daughter. So a massive thank you to Karen. Rosie the nurse came and done her paper work, again she was very pleasant and tried to put us at ease, despite having a obvious busy work load she never once let it show, when she was with us she never rushed her time with us.  Wendy the activities person came round and took us to the play room which was a great distraction for us. The anaesthetist came round to go over everything with us and answered any questions we had and put our mind at ease,regardless how silly the question was, he had a laugh and joke with my daughter which in turn settled her nerves slightly. 

We ended having to stay over night the staff again couldn’t do any more for us, they are worth their weight in gold. 

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Response from Kathryn Auchnie, Clinical Nurse Manager, Childrens Division, NHS Grampian 4 years ago
Kathryn Auchnie
Clinical Nurse Manager, Childrens Division,
NHS Grampian
Submitted on 21/06/2019 at 12:19
Published on Care Opinion at 12:19


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Dear Roxy8

Thank you for taking the time to leave such lovely feedback following your daughters surgery.

The staff are amazing at what they would call "just doing their job" and will be delighted to hear that they made such a difference during an anxious time for your all.

I hope that your daughter has fully recovered from her surgery and is now happily eating and drinking all her favourites pain free.

I will pass on your kind feedback to all the staff

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