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"Horrendous"

About: Royal Preston Hospital

My Mum has been in the Ribblesdale ward for 6 weeks before being transferred to Blackburn hospital. She has been treated awfully with no support. She has spinal cord cancer is unable to walk. She was made to feel a nuisance when asking for help with toileting. She rang us constantly distressed saying she was not being treated compassionately. We felt anxious and helpless leaving her there unattended every night. As a family we were not offered any support or informed about care plans or her treatment. Every day a junior Dr or a nursing assistant offered a different opinion on my mum's condition or treatment. My Mum has been left traumatized. Also my Mum was here a week before anyone even treated her.

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Response from Royal Preston Hospital 4 years ago
Royal Preston Hospital
Submitted on 26/09/2019 at 11:56
Published on nhs.uk at 13:06


Hello and thank you for your comments.

May I offer our apologies in the first instance with regard to your Mums treatment.

I am hoping that you would consider speaking with our PALS advisors who can look into this further, as this is definitely not the care or treatment we wish to offer our patients, it was quite distressing to read your feedback.

Our patient advice and liaison team are available 9-4pm Monday - Friday on 01772 522972 and have an answer machine out of hours.

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