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"My daughter’s orthoptist appointment"

About: Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital / Out Patient Department

(as a service user),

My daughter (2) had an appointment today at the outpatient clinic to see the orthoptist. We were given a warm & friendly welcome from the reception staff & were directed to where we needed to be, which was very clearly signed and easy to find. 

We only had to wait a few minutes in the yellow area waiting room before we were called through, much to the disappointment of my daughter as she wanted to play with the variety of toys and activities available!

The orthoptist was brilliant, immediately stuck up a rapport with my daughter & had her engaging from the off. Even though my daughter wasn’t keen on wearing an eye patch for her test, the orthoptist didn’t make a fuss about it and quickly had my daughter engaging in other tests, whilst including my husband and I too. 

An experience that my daughter wasn’t looking forward to initially, ended with her leaving the hospital with a big grin, a sticker and 3 brand new books from the nursing team. 

Well done RACH, I couldn’t be any happier with the service you provided for us today. Many thanks to all the team involved.

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Response from Caroline Clark, Chief Nurse, Children's Division, NHS Grampian 6 years ago
Caroline Clark
Chief Nurse, Children's Division,
NHS Grampian
Submitted on 28/12/2017 at 09:52
Published on Care Opinion at 15:00


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Hi Muppetfoz, thanks very much for taking the time to post this feedback. Its great to hear that your daughters experience was so positive. Attending hospital is very scary for children and staff work hard to make the experience as positive as possible, it sounds like the staff did a great job of this for your daughter!

Staff in outpatients and the orthoptist team will be delighted to hear your feedback and I will also share with the wider RACH team.

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