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"A credit to her profession"

About: Antrim Area Hospital / Accidents & Emergency

(as the patient),

I recently attended A&E on a Sunday. I expected a long wait as it was quite busy but didn’t mind as I knew there were others needing more urgent medical care before myself. I was triaged, treated and sent home with a prescription all within 5 hours which to me was excellent considering how busy the place was. 

When I went through to minors it was extremely busy. One nurse in particular who sorted my IV drip (I believe her name was Laura, she is a newly qualified nurse according to her lanyard) was beyond amazing. She was so kind, calm and patient. I observed more than one patient be rude to her complaining about having to wait for a while and she very patiently reassured them, apologised and explained the waits. She was working under extreme pressure due to the volume of patients and is a credit to her profession. There was another female nurse too who was also lovely and helpful. And the dr who saw me was also great. I just wanted to give credit where it’s due, thank you!

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Response from Mark McCrudden, Assistant Director, Emergency and Urgent Pathways, Northern Health and Social Care Trust nearly 2 years ago
Mark McCrudden
Assistant Director, Emergency and Urgent Pathways,
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Submitted on 17/06/2022 at 22:30
Published on Care Opinion at 22:30


Dear chassisqt95,

thank you for your kind feedback for the ED staff. This has been shared with Laura.

I hope you are recovering after your attendance

Mark

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