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Having a pacemaker fitted

Posted By Julsy3

"Having a pacemaker fitted"

About: Tameside General Hospital / Cardiology

(as a staff member posting for a patient/service user),

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I collapsed and was taken to hospital. I was very anxious. I went straight to MAU. The doctor came straight away & treated me well. I started treatment in MAU. The 2nd pacemaker was fitted on another ward – 46. All were lovely. Staff didn’t tell me enough about what had happened so I was confused when not allowed to go to the toilet. I later found out my heart had stopped. The male auxiliary nurses on ward 46 were very caring. They brought me tea when I needed it. I went home after 2 days.

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Response from Lindsay Stewart, Deputy Director of Nursing, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 9 years ago
Lindsay Stewart
Deputy Director of Nursing,
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 01/05/2014 at 16:36
Published on Care Opinion at 20:15

Thank you for the comments made about you recent stay at Tameside Hospital.

I was pleased to read positive feedback about the care you received.

I will share your comments with the staff.

We always strive to ensure good communication, apologies you were not given enough information at the time of your pacemaker insertion. I hope you are recovering well.

Kind regards

John Goodenough

Director of Nursing

’Would you like to help the hospital to improve its services further? We are currently looking for patients and carers to become involved in a development called “Patient Stories”. We want to know more about our services from the point of view of those who received them – what was good, bad, what could be improved, what should be changed. Want to know more about what’s involved? Please contact John Goodenough, Director of Nursing at

john.goodenough@tgh.nhs.uk”

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