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"Long wait but informative and professional"

About: Pilgrim Hospital / Gynaecology

(as the patient),

I attended an appointment at the pilgrim hospital boston lincolnshire on the gynaecology ward recently. My appointment time was 10. 50am and I wasnt seen until 13. 00pm as they had fallen behind with appointments. This made me feel very anxious having to wait all this time, and my opinion it was not good enough having to wait over 2 hours from my appointment time to be seen. The staff nurses that was on that day kept coming out to the waiting room to patients waiting including myself apologising for the delay and made people drinks ect and even said themselves it was ridiculous and couldn't apologise enough. Once I got in to my appointment the consultant I saw was lovely, we mentioned about the wait and I was told they are only allocated 20 minutes per patient! That is not enough time, I felt so sorry for the consultant on hearing that and realised what pressure they were under. After about a ten minute chat with the consultant I then had an examination and a punch biopsy done on my cervix followed by another follow up chat about my examination and what was to happen next ect. The consultant was very informative and very professional and made me feel at ease, answering all the questions I had accurately and putting my mind at rest and during my examination was brilliant too didn't cause me any discomfort or pain at all. The staff nurses that was in the examination with me were fabulous and really took my mind off what was happening, really friendly and  polite.

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Response from Tracy Lingard, Staff Nurse, Gynae OP, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 3 years ago
Tracy Lingard
Staff Nurse, Gynae OP,
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Submitted on 12/05/2020 at 11:12
Published on Care Opinion at 11:12


Dear Angelica88,

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your feedback for us following your recent visit to the gynaecology outpatient department at Pilgrim Hospital. As a team we endeavour to keep our ladies informed if there are any unforeseen delays and the clinic is running behind, occasionally we need to spend more time with individual patients, so that in turn causes further delay. I sincerely apologise to you for your long waiting time which in turn increased your anxiety and unease whilst waiting for your appointment, being 2 hours behind is not our usual standard of practice, but I am pleased to hear our staff continually kept you informed and apologised for this. It was good to hear you found the consultant professional and informative and was able to answer all your questions, and the clinic staff were friendly, polite and put you at ease during the procedure. As a team we always strive to deliver an excellent patient experience and we are committed to ensure we listen to patient feedback in order to continually improve standards within our service. I will share your comments and kind words with the rest of the team, and sending you apologies again for your long delay. If you would like to discuss this further please contact the PALS department at Pilgrim Hospital and leave your details, so either myself or my manager can speak with you regarding this.

May I wish you well,

Tracy

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