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"Disappointing Service"

About: St Mary's NHS Treatment Centre (Portsmouth)

We visited on Friday 27th September due to our 7 year old son having had a bad fall at school. He had fallen on his head and had a severe cut just under his hairline. The school wrapped his head and then we headed to the walk in. Upon arrival we were made aware there could be up to a three hour wait, we decided this was ok and checked in. We were seen after around 40 minutes for an observation and were shocked to only be asked two questions and for them not to even check his wound. My son had blood over his school shirt so you could see was injured, although well in himself i explained the seriousness of the cut. We were then told to go back out to the waiting room, we proceeded to wait another 3 hours until called through. When the nurse took the bandage off she was shocked and didn't understand why he wasn't moved through quicker. Once cleaned up they decided glue would be ok as my son was very distressed at the thought of stitches, The nurse showed no bedside manner as said on numerous occasions in an annoyed tone 'I am not near the cut' when he showed he was worried and in pain. She then proceeded to glue her glove to his head and pulled some hair out and laughed at this.

Such a shame as visited before as have other friends and family and always received excellent service. People must remember a child does not cover fear like an adult and when they show fear staff should be able to put them at ease and not get angry.

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Response from St Mary's NHS Treatment Centre (Portsmouth) 4 years ago
St Mary's NHS Treatment Centre (Portsmouth)
Submitted on 30/09/2019 at 11:24
Published on nhs.uk at 18:07


Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your recent treatment at St Mary’s NHS Treatment Centre.

At St Mary’s NHS Treatment Centre, we strive to provide a high quality and patient focused service and by being informed where elements of that service has not achieved the desired outcome, we can review our current practices and implement improvements.

We would like to offer you the opportunity of discussing your concerns in more detail to see if we can resolve them. If you would like to take up this offer, please could you contact the Heather Tregale, UTC Clinical Lead on heather.tregale@careuk.com at your earliest convenience.

Kind regards

Sharon Spencer

PA to Hospital Director

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