"Paediatric Ward "

I came with my daughter last night as she was suffering a fever our first visit to Stoke Mandeville children's ward. I must emphaticise the staff where brilliant especially the front receptionist and the nurses on the ward. what I was most surprised about was the ward itself the waiting room was very dirty with litter and used wipes laying about that where still there when I left 8 hours later. my daughter was seen in the triage nurses room again litter on the bed and floors from previously seen patients laying about surely this is not hygienic. my daughter was then placed in the flamingo bed which had no linen or sheets it took nearly 2 hours for this to arrive to area itself was dirty the tv had thick dust on it the underneath of the bed clearly hadn't been moped in a while as stains on the floor there was a used plaster stuck to the window also. The window itself would not close just opened itself back up as catch was broken. the toilet near the nurses station was in very poor condition also the toilet seat was broken the flush was loose and the hand soap was broken away from the wall. I know this is a temporary ward until the new one is completed but I was a little surprised how dirty it was and poorly maintained. Good points the hospital was very easy to find and sign posted well and car parking was easy and again the staff and doctors where very good.