"Unfriendly experience of Frimley Park EPU"

I began to bleed and loose blood at 8 weeks. I called the community midwife team and they said to wait and see if it stopped. So I waited and it didn’t.

I was then referred for a early scan a further day later. I arrived for the scan. It was awful. I was given a form to complete by a very unfriendly receptionist and told to take a seat in the corridor where social distancing is impossible as the corridor is a meter wide and everyone has to walk through it to get to main building. There is no privacy, no air flow and no human kindness.

I waited over an hour for a scan to see if my baby was alive after 3 days of panic and upset at home. I then waited in a hot unventilated corridor for an unsympathetic, unapologetic team to offer me reassurance that never came.

I have 3 children and this was without a doubt the worst care I have received in hospital and during a pandemic I would expect more in terms of safety, privacy and dignity.