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"Unacceptable unprofessional behaviour in A&E"

About: Tameside General Hospital / Accident and emergency

A 75 yr old gentleman with co-morbibities who had a return of cellulitis and concern of sepsis. Triaged promptly- disaffected nurse, barely listened, did not examine the injury. Waited in the waiting room and heard patients being called in the usual NHS way of first name last name. We did not hear his name called in that manner. A very sloppy unprofessional looking 'nurse' stood at the door, said a first name the same as the patient's. We thought she was talking to a colleague we found later it was his 'call' After 2 hrs told he wasn’t on the list as had not responded when called. Patient becoming very unwell. Told he wld be triaged again; we’d have to wait 2hrs again if to see a doctor. Finally triaged; treated with passive hostility; told wait again. Full name called and bloods taken; told to wait again. Lay on coats on empty chairs as was very ill. Finally called professional manner was at last allowed to lie down and saw a competent doctor at 11.00 pm 4 hours after our arrival in A&E

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Responses

Response from Stephanie Corbett, PALS & Complaints Support Officer, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 5 years ago
Stephanie Corbett
PALS & Complaints Support Officer,
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 19/11/2018 at 09:45
Published on Care Opinion at 13:46


Good Morning,

I’m sorry for your experience at Tameside Hospital. We are really sorry you have had cause to raise this concern.

We take patient concerns very seriously and we can only improve if we know what is going wrong from a patient’s perspective. Please be assured that your comments/concerns have been fed back to the department and team overseeing the Emergency Department.

However, If you would like to contact the PALS and Complaints team on 0161 922 4466 or email palsandcomplaints@tgh.nhs.uk with your specific details we can look into this for you and provide a written response.

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