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"advised to go to a&e for extremely bad neck pain"

About: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France / Accident & Emergency

(as the patient),

I feel on ice last week only to get worse to couldnt move my neck n vomiting and extreme headache nhs 24 sent me coz they were worried n maybe need a scan but from the frist time walking in a& e I got taken quick with ended up lying on a bed with a coller round my neck for 4 hours nurses were amazing making sure a was ok gave a med to help n give me a scan thankfully coller could come off so got a orthopedics reg to come down and assess me as the pain was shooting up my head thankfully it was tissue damage I had n no broken bones so the team done a class job patching me up n getting me home 

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Response from Michelle Jack, Associate Nurse Director, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian 3 years ago
Michelle Jack
Associate Nurse Director, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,
NHS Lothian
Submitted on 25/01/2021 at 08:41
Published on Care Opinion at 08:41


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Thank you for the feedback hope you are on the mend.

Michelle

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Response from Gill Clarke, Clinical Service Manager, Emergency, Acute & General Medicine, NHS Lothian 3 years ago
Gill Clarke
Clinical Service Manager, Emergency, Acute & General Medicine,
NHS Lothian
Submitted on 25/01/2021 at 12:48
Published on Care Opinion at 14:42


Thanks Scottish 1 for your feedback. Im pleased to hear you were discharged home and hope you are on the road to recovery.

I will pass on your positive comments to the teams in A&E

Gill

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