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About: Princess Alexandra Hospital (Harlow)

Its taken me over two weeks to get through to the PALs team and the only way I did was telephone the secretary of the hospital director ( very helpful lady) and she got the PALs team to telephone me back within an hour and she also was a very helpful lady. Its a shame in these trouble times the hospital director doesn't give the PALs team the help and support dealing with a large hospital deserves. One lady department for a hospital of this size in these difficult times. Now Rivers hospital had given me the PAH pals team number but it turns out it isn't makes you wonder if Rivers was just hoping I would go away or get covid ?. A poorly run hospital Rivers is from the theatre nurses down to the people who answer the telephone for NHS patients,

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Response from Princess Alexandra Hospital 3 years ago
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Submitted on 21/02/2021 at 23:38
Published on nhs.uk on 22/02/2021 at 10:48


Dear Anonymous,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.

I am sorry you have had such difficulty getting through. We are trying our best to keep up with demand for services at this critical time, but there will clearly be times when one cannot immediately get through, for this we apologise.

Please do advise by contacting us on the details below if your concern regarding your experience at the Rivers has now been resolved.

The Patient Advice and Liaison Service are supported by the hospital directors and so please be assured that if ever, in future, you need the support of our Patient Advice and Liaison Service they will be there.

You can contact us on 01279 82 72 11, Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm or email paht.pals@nhs.net.

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