"Do the elderly matter?"

About: Whiston Hospital Whiston Hospital Prescot L35 5DR

Posted via nhs.uk 8 years ago

Age 84 had "a cough". Went in on new years eve, released next day. Waited 11 hours in a discharge lounge for community transportation. No care plan in place upon discharge. Died within 4 hours of release. Enough said!

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Whiston Hospital

Submitted on 08/04/2016 at 13:26

Published on nhs.uk on 09/04/2016 at 02:30

Firstly please accept our most sincere condolences. We take all issues surrounding patient experience very seriously and we are extremely sorry that on this occasion your experience was not at the standard we would expect. Please contact our PALS team on 0151 430 1376 so that we can discuss this further with you.

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