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"3:30 hours and counting and doctor is a no show"

About: Guy's Hospital

My brother has been moved in florence ward after visiting ae with kidney stone problem. Since arriving here with severe kidney pain its been above 3 and a half hours and counting and no doctor show up to prescribe my brother pain killers. The current staff gave him some standard pain killers with no effect so far. Watching my brother for almost 4 hours being in severe pain is no joy at all. I'm not sure how the staff can leave a patient in severe pain for this long and not chase the doctor to make decisions on how to proceed. Even after several times trying to talk tobthe staff to get hold the doctor we were told that is awarr and is busy with something else forbthe last 4 hours. Not really sure what can take 4 hours and not really sure if the staff couldnt get hold of a different doctor as the one they are trying to reach is careless leaving the patient in pain for almost 4 hours. Wont recommend to anyone this kind of experience.

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Response from Guy's Hospital 9 years ago
Guy's Hospital
Submitted on 06/06/2014 at 17:23
Published on nhs.uk on 07/06/2014 at 04:00


I was concerned to learn of your experience at Guy's Hospital last month. I hope that you were able to resolve these issues during your brother's stay on Florence ward by raising them with the Sister or Nurse in Charge. If this was not the case and you have outstanding concerns, I hope you will make contact with the hospital so that - with your brother's consent - your concerns can be investigated. We would welcome the opportunity to understand more about what went wrong on this occasion and to give both you and your brother a full explanation. Your feedback may also help us to improve our service so that the distressing experience you describe does not occur in the future. In the first instance, please contact PALS, who will be glad to liaise on your behalf, on 020 7188 8801, 020 7188 8803 or pals@gstt.nhs.uk.

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