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Poor care at Crosshouse

Posted By defiaye

"Poor care at Crosshouse"

About: Crosshouse Hospital / Accident & Emergency

(as the patient),

I was sent in via ambulance with chronic bowel pains. Took 3 hours to see a doctor, was ignored by rude staff and by hour 4 offered zero pain relief. Got an xray of lungs and sent home with no assistance. Bowel still bleeding as I type this. In my opinion, the hospital was a disgrace. Blood in the toilets, on the walls and railing. Used tissues around the room I was in. Sent home at 4am, still in agony and curled up.

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Response from Eunice Goodwin, Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team, NHS Ayrshire and Arran 7 years ago
Eunice Goodwin
Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team,
NHS Ayrshire and Arran

I respond initially to most of the posts and ensure they are passed to the appropriate team whether they are compliments, observations or grumbles. It is important to make sure all issues are addressed and I try to encourage that to happen for all the posts as required.

Submitted on 02/05/2016 at 08:51
Published on Care Opinion on 03/05/2016 at 12:21

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Dear defiaye,

I am so sorry this was your experience on your visit to A/E. This is not the standard we aim for (for any of our patients). You have raised a few different issues here. Firstly, regarding your health, I am aware this is now a few days on but I hope you are okay. Did you go to your GP I wonder? It is important not to ignore a 'bleeding bowel' so you need to make sure your GP is aware of this if you have not done so already.

I will alert the managers to this post for their reflection and consideration. If you would like to meet one of our senior managers to discuss this further, please contact me on 01563 826222 or email me at eunice.goodwin@aapct.scot.nhs.uk.

Kind regards,

Eunice

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Response from Eunice Goodwin, Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team, NHS Ayrshire and Arran 7 years ago
Eunice Goodwin
Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team,
NHS Ayrshire and Arran

I respond initially to most of the posts and ensure they are passed to the appropriate team whether they are compliments, observations or grumbles. It is important to make sure all issues are addressed and I try to encourage that to happen for all the posts as required.

Submitted on 18/05/2016 at 16:03
Published on Care Opinion on 19/05/2016 at 12:01

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Dear defiaye,

I passed your post to the management team and the Clinical Nurse Manager for the Emergency Department would be keen to chat over these issues if you would like to do so. My contact details are above should you wish to contact me to arrange it.

Best wishes

Eunice

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Response from Eunice Goodwin, Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team, NHS Ayrshire and Arran 7 years ago
Eunice Goodwin
Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team,
NHS Ayrshire and Arran

I respond initially to most of the posts and ensure they are passed to the appropriate team whether they are compliments, observations or grumbles. It is important to make sure all issues are addressed and I try to encourage that to happen for all the posts as required.

Submitted on 19/05/2016 at 17:32
Published on Care Opinion on 20/05/2016 at 09:25

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Thank you for being in touch and for the informative chat. As you wish to meet with Laura (Clinical Nurse Manager and me, we are in the process of getting some dates and I will contact you for your suitability.

On the other note we discussed, I am glad I could help.

Take care,

Eunice

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