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"Poor patient aftercare"

About: Newham General Hospital / General surgery

I attended the Gateway Centre for keyhole surgery and was well looked after before my surgery. Sadly I can't say the same for afterwards. The surgeon did not speak to me after the operation, deciding instead to address me as my bed number from across the room and give me a thumbs up. The nurses were friendly but left me sat in a chair by the window for several hours. Despite taking contact details for my mum to notify the surgery was complete, it was I who had to let her know I was awake and then who had to call her to come and collect me. Upon discharge I was given no aftercare information other than when to change the dressings and no follow up appointment. I had to rely on the NHS website for information. As if that wasn't enough, I received a call the following day telling me my blood test results gave two different blood types (as they'd been mixed up) and I needed to return for another blood test so they could know which was correct. Good job I didn't need a transfusion during the op.

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Response from Newham General Hospital 5 years ago
Newham General Hospital
Submitted on 18/09/2018 at 13:20
Published on nhs.uk at 14:06


Dear Mel

Thank you for contacting us with feedback. We were very disappointed to learn that your experience did not match the expectation you had of us. We would like to investigate the issues you have raised and the findings of our enquiries will be shared with you. Please contact our PALS department with your details on 0207 363 9292 or email NUHPALS@barthealth.nhs.uk

We look forward to hearing from you

Kind regards

Faith

PALS & Complaints Team

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