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"Poor service"

About: William Harvey Hospital (Ashford)

My elderly mother was left on a trolley for 12 hours even when in a ward where there were at least 3 empty beds. She had had seizure, cpr etc and she was clearly delirious and continuously repetitive in speech and behaviour, unable to walk etc. She was then sent home at 11:30pm that night having had no assessment and an assumption that she would have relatives at home to look after her. Was told to get medicine from GP although they were closed for several days. After insisting, finally got some medication. Paramedics as usual were great. However the trolley bed moving was ridiculous and she spent some time being moved up and down corridors. Doctors spent loads of unnecessary time wandering around trying to find where their patient had been moved to now. Badly organised.

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Response from William Harvey Hospital (Ashford) 4 years ago
William Harvey Hospital (Ashford)
Submitted on 13/01/2020 at 12:38
Published on nhs.uk at 17:45


Thank you for contacting us regarding your concerns about your mother's admission to the William Harvey Hospital. I was very sorry to read of the issues you have. We would like to take this further for you and would ask that you contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Team (PALS) on 01227 783145 or via our email address, which is ekh-tr.pals@nhs.net . You can also log onto our website www.ekhuft.nhs.uk and click on the relevant ‘C’ to be taken to an online form, which you can complete with your concern and submit to us.

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