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"Disappointed at reception team"

About: New Birmingham Dental Hospital

My mum had an appointment at the dental hospital and I accompanied her as she has difficulty with English. I took my 2 year old daughter with me as I am a single mum and had no one to watch over her. When I got to the reception desk I was told to go back and sit in my car and I could not accompany my mum. So then I pointed out to her that there were a number of people in the waiting room that also had a plus one. She then told me I could sit at the back with my mum and daughter then. The receptionist went to the back office for a few minutes and came out with a colleague. Her colleague shouted out “why are people here with kids”. I was the only one there with a child. I thought her comment was so rude, unprofessional and insensitive. She deliberately tried to embarrass me. Please educate the reception team to be more polite.

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Response from New Birmingham Dental Hospital 3 years ago
New Birmingham Dental Hospital
Submitted on 28/07/2020 at 07:54
Published on nhs.uk at 12:47


Dear Halima

Thank you for posting feedback about your visit to Birmingham Dental Hospital. I am very sorry to read of your disappointing experience; this is not the manner in which we expect patients to be spoken to, and I am apologise for the embarassment caused you and your family. Please call me on 0121 466 7128 or email me via alison.last@bhamcommunity.nhs.uk so that I can take some more details about your visit, allowing us to talk directly to the colleagues involved.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

with kind regards

Alison Last

Associate Director of Patient Experience

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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