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"Poor service"

About: Rotherham Hospital

So I wasn’t feeling well for at least 3-4 days went in to A&E told the nurse my symptoms. Straight away they told me that i had COVID-19. I argued that I didn’t have it. Got tested and results came back negative. All this time i had been struggling to breath and my neck was very painful from the inside. My ears were on fire but the 3rd time i went back to Rotherham A&E a doctor attended to me at the door and informed me that I was not allowed in and he had to do an assessment at the door. I informed him that I didn’t have a sore throat there was more to it but he was rude and refused to let me in to be seen. I ended up going to Northern general hospital where a doctor discovered that my tonsils were inflamed and i needed antibiotics. Honestly speaking I understand that there is a lot of pressure due to Covid-19 but things could have been handled differently and i could have been seen by a professional who would have listened to me and sort out the problem i had at hand. Please improve the service so that people get adequate care. Thank you

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Response from Samantha Robinson, Head of Patient Experience, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 3 years ago
Samantha Robinson
Head of Patient Experience,
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 02/12/2020 at 09:58
Published on Care Opinion at 09:58


Dear Anonymous, hello my name is Samantha, Head of Patient Experience at the Hospital. I was sorry to read of your recent experience with our UECC department. It is always our intention to provide the best service possible and as such disappointing when the services falls below the expectations of our patients. We would like to look into this matter further. Therefore, please contact the Patient Experience Team on 01709 424461 Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm or alternatively you can email the team at the following address, your.experience@nhs.net with your details and we will make the necessary enquires.

Kindest regards Sam

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