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"Horrible bedside manner"

My 3 year old was seen by the audiologist today. I warned the audiologist in advance that my daughter had high anxiety levels regarding having a hearing test done (this is the 3rd attempt) and they dismissed it like it was silly. The audiologist proceeded to talk to my daughter in a deameaning mqnor and didn't try to put her at ease at all. They then told me when my daughter was beside herself crying (with dear) 'this is called a tantrum'. Utterly ridiculous behaviour around children. We had to leave the appointment without having the hearing test done. Bedside manner needs to be evaluated.

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Response from Amanda Mayo, Head of Integrated Care - Bromley ICN, Operations Directorate, Bromley Healthcare 6 years ago
Amanda Mayo
Head of Integrated Care - Bromley ICN, Operations Directorate,
Bromley Healthcare

My role is provide professional support to all nurses within Bromley Healthcare and to ensure services we provide are of the highest quality

Submitted on 07/08/2017 at 15:32
Published on Care Opinion at 15:35


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Thank you for your posting and I am so sorry your daughter was so upset.

I am so sorry that this was your experience. This is in no way how we would expect you to feel coming to our service with your child.

I would be really grateful if you could email me with your daughters name and date of birth so that the Lead for the Srervice can investigate how the consultation was managed.

My email address is amanda.mayo@nhs.net.

Once again, I am so sorry for the experience you have had.

Kind regards,

Amanda

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