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"Frightening and condescending"

About: Whipps Cross University Hospital

I was asked to attend urgent care by 111. I was in the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life, which came in waves in my back and side. I had a considerable wait to see a doctor after giving a urine sample, which is understandable. When I finally saw the doctor, he shouted at me for using a hot water bottle to try and relieve the pain, shouted at me for taking paracetamol (the only pain relief I had) and then bundled me out the door with an antibiotic prescription I couldn’t fulfil til the next day, no pain relief and no real explanation of what was happening to me other than telling me my urine had a “lot of blood and infection” and I was experiencing renal colic, which was obviously confusing and frightening as I didn’t know what that was at the time. I was in tears from the pain and being shouted at and he rolled his eyes and stalked out the room without saying goodbye. I then went home with no medicine and no pain relief- the doctor maybe spent 2 minutes with me, mostly shouting at me and treating me like an idiot. I was left retching and screaming from the amount of pain when I was back at home. We called 111 again who couldn’t understand why I’d been told not to take the only painkiller I had at home, or why I wasn’t allowed to use heat to relieve the pain, or why I hadn’t been given my antibiotics at the hospital to take immediately.

I feel like the doctor didn’t take my pain seriously and never explained what was actually wrong with me- he barely examined me. I didn’t even get to sit down- I just stood there being told off like a child. I will think twice about attending again, as I felt like I wasn’t listened to and was left to suffer the worst pain of my life with no relief or reassurance as to what was wrong with me.

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Response from Whipps Cross University Hospital 3 years ago
Whipps Cross University Hospital
Submitted on 15/04/2021 at 10:42
Published on nhs.uk at 20:03


Dear Anonymous

Thank you for taking the time to contact us with your feedback. We were very disappointed to learn that your experience did not match the expectation you had of us. We would like an opportunity to investigate the issues you have raised and the findings of our enquires will be shared with you. We would therefore like to request that you contact our PALS  team on site with your details- wxpals.bartshealth@nhs.net or telephone 0208 535 6438.

Thank you

Kind regards

Central Complaints

 

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