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About: Pinderfields General Hospital / Accident and emergency

My partner was brought into pinders a&e with increased back pain due to a chronic issue. Staff acted as though it was just back pain and told him he needed to walk. Yet he had not been seen by a dr, so how can you mobilise a patient who cannot move because of the pain with out making any attempt to investigate the cause. The attitudes of the staff were unacceptable, and could be heard discussing my partner at the nurses station, saying he wasnt poorly and just had a bit of pain and that he just needed to get up. This is unacceptable behaviour from nhs staff. Also once we were put in the cubicle no-one once asked him if he was was ok and if he needed any extra analgesics when they were due. I am ashamed to say i work for this trust and ashamed that staff give this care to people. I know a&e is a busy department but there is no need to be rude and unprofessional

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Response from Pinderfields General Hospital 6 years ago
Pinderfields General Hospital
Submitted on 05/10/2017 at 11:30
Published on nhs.uk at 12:31


Thank you for taking the time to post your comments on NHS Choices.

I was disappointed to read of both you and your partners experience whilst in A&E.

It is clear from your posting how frustrated you have been left feeling.

This not something we would want anyone to experience when using our services.

We do take comments extremely seriously and would like the opportunity to look into your concerns further.

Given that this is a public website, it would not be appropriate to discuss this further on here with you.

It would be helpful if you could contact our PALS team who would be happy to have a chat with you about your experiences.

They can be contacted on 01924 542972 or email pals@midyorks.nhs.uk.

Thank you again for your feedback.

Kind regards

Clare Blackburn

(Complaints & PALS Improvement Lead)

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