Further to my previous comment. After spending a night in Queen's on an antibiotic and steroid drip for the same condition my face was aspirated and swabbed so that it could be sent for testing presumably so we could find out what it is and how to effectively treat it. A massively important thing. I saw my GP around 1 week after being discharged and when we looked to see the swab results it said that the specimen had not been sent because it had not been labelled. Clearly this is not important enough for staff to bother with. Not recalled for a re-swab which would be the responsible thing to do and they must know it wasn't sent. Absolutely ridiculous.
"Sample un-labelled so not sent for testing."
About: Queen's Hospital (Romford) Queen's Hospital (Romford) Romford RM7 0AG
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