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About: Queen Elizabeth Hospital / Accident and emergency

I came into A&E with an injury,after 6 hours I was finally sent home in a cast and told I had a ruptured achillies tendon,had follow up appointment and agreed surgery would be best as for my age and activity levels, I was put on trauma list and was told I would receive a phone call to come in ,on 3 occasions i had a call to come in,only to be sent home again and one occasion made to sit in hospital bed till 4pm on a Sunday ,eventually I had surgery done,after waking dazed in recovery room the surgeon quickly and unclearly explained I hadn’t ruptured my Achilles but I think they said muscle above,I probably didn’t need surgery and could of been resolved with the correct scans, on discharge I received a pack of letter and was told I’d have a follow up appointment in 2 weeks,a weeks gone by with no letter,I contacted the hospital yesterday to be passed around and eventually told that all appointments are full ,I’ve contacted pals on 3 occasions only to receive the same generic email ,telling me there sorry and will be in contact once they have and update on my situation,never heard nothing back, the only good thing about QE is the nurses who are amazing job who was kind caring and very professional and the lowest paid, I was told just to come in after 2 weeks if I don’t here nothing and nurse will remove cast,problem is I don’t know exactly what I’ve done and if I need a support boot and further physio therapy, you know full well I’m going to hop in there Friday and be told they don’t know what to do until doctor as seen me, I suppose I’ll get another generic reply to this review as others on this page saying sorry to here this and you can contact pals blah blah blah , the worst hospital I’ve ever been in ,absolutely horrendous.

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Response from Queen Elizabeth Hospital 6 years ago
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Submitted on 29/11/2017 at 10:20
Published on nhs.uk at 12:31


Dear Mr Coop

I am sorry to read your comments about your visit to the hospital. All of our staff are trained to carry out their duties with due care and professionalism. I do apologise that this has not been your experience during some stages of your treatment.

Please be assured that all the concerns you have raised are acknowledged and have been highlighted to the service manager and team involved in your care so all staff can learn from this with the aim of improving the future level of care and service we provide to our patients.

I understand that you have been in contact with the Patient Advise & Liaison Service (PALS) who have been dealing with your concerns.

Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback.

Emergency Surgery

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

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