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"Not a pleasant experience"

About: General practices in Lanarkshire

(as a service user),

While I was attending an evening appointment, I was disappointed to witness the behaviour of domestic staff at the surgery. Swearing, appearing disgruntled about the jobs they were having to do. I witnessed one cleaning the bathroom, next minute they were running between waiting rooms audibly gagging and swearing with colleagues. They appeared oblivious to the fact there were still patients in the waiting areas waiting to be seen by the doctor. This is a very good practice and I have attended for years. I'm not saying the staff shouldn't be allowed to have a bit a come and go with their fellow colleagues as it makes the shift go faster but I found the language and behaviour appalling.  

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Response from Rick Edwards, Service Manager Surgical & Critical Care, University Hospital Hairmyres, NHS Lanarkshire 4 years ago
Rick Edwards
Service Manager Surgical & Critical Care, University Hospital Hairmyres,
NHS Lanarkshire
Submitted on 29/08/2019 at 10:05
Published on Care Opinion at 10:05


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Dear Disappointed Patient123,

Please accept my unreserved apology. This is clearly not the standard of behaviour we expect of staff and I would ask you to contact my colleagues in the Patient Affairs team so that they can liaise with the Practice Manager directly to address the issue.

You can contact them by e-mail at Patientaffairs.primarycare@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk or by telephone; 01698 858321.

Kind regards

Rick

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