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"Extremley poor treatment for my father"

About: The Christie

My father was admitted here by my own efforts in February 2014 and was sat on a ward in a red hot room for 10 days!!! I washed my father and changed him everyday after travelling 40 miles to visit him daily, this should of been done by the nurses! He was supposed to go for a scan on the Friday and no doctor took him he was still waiting the following wedensday, when I asked the nurses what was the report of the scan they said we have no details of this on our records?? I had to make sure they was encouringing him to eat as he became that unwell he had no appetite whatsoever and I tried so hard fetching him fruit and shakes, he also complained of having a sore mouth as from day 2 of being in hospital, in the end of telling the nurses constantly I then went on to buy my own treatment for him as he was uncomfortable with this and whatever they have him in hospital didn't help, I noticed a infection on his side that again should of been noticed by staff and I circled this With a pen to see if it grew overnight, the day after I noticed this had gone worse so I asked the nurses why wasn't this noticed? I have take pictures of my father to show what I found , this is very poor service. He then became very poorly after 10 days on a ward so was moved to critical care for a special treatment that began to take place, they then notified me this wasn't working and there's nothing else they could do? I still have no explanation as to what was the exact cause of his death but I do know what my father had was rare and he was the only uk resident to have this but again I wasn't explained to as to what was gonna happen so soon. The day of his death 10th March 2014 my mother was told she could go home at around 6 o'clock as she could visit my father tomorrow, so I was staying in family overnight above the critical care area, at around 8.30 my father started getting worse and I started to panic, they was injecting things into his arms and by 9.16 be passed away? I still to this day don't know what was the exact reason for his death and the care throughout the 2 weeks at Christies was poor and not enough communication whatsoever. I need to know what went wrong and why I wasn't explained to I feel this has played a masiv impact on my life and my mother. I did write to Christies after his death and spoke to pals wanting to know what had happened!

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Response from The Christie 8 years ago
The Christie
Submitted on 15/12/2015 at 16:59
Published on nhs.uk on 16/12/2015 at 01:30


We are very sorry that you were unhappy with the care given to your father and for the distress and upset caused.

We wish to understand your concerns further so that we can look into the matters raised. Please can you contact us via PALS on 0161 446 8217 to discuss.

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