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About: Chorley & South Ribble Hospital / Accident and emergency

I attended Chorley Urgent Care centre last night after enduring severe 4 days of head & neck pain after a fall. I had been trying to get an appointment at my doctors but non were available . As the pain was not getting any less I felt that I needed some sort of treatment / advice but I did not think I needed to attend A & E as it was not life threatening . After 2 hours I was seen by the triage nurse, think she was a sister. She was so unpleasant & asked what my Doctor had said about my condition - this puzzled me as I would not have been there if I had seen my GP - she made me feel like I was being a nuisance & should not be there. Whilst I understand the need for her to examine my condition she was very rough with me & did aggravate my pain. She made me feel so uncomfortable , that I was wasting her time. She showed me the door & asked me to return to the waiting room & wait for the Doctor. I left the room saying thank you, to which she replied nothing. I have always held our NHS staff with a very high regard but staff like that let down the truly excellent staff in the trust. May be she needs to make a career change where she is not dealing hands on with people. I was so disappointed .

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Response from Chorley & South Ribble Hospital 5 years ago
Chorley & South Ribble Hospital
Submitted on 30/11/2018 at 11:51
Published on nhs.uk at 13:06


Thank you for bringing this to our attention via the NHS Choices website.

The Urgent Care Service on both Chorley and Preston sites is wholly operated by an external organisation.

Would you please consider contacting our PALS service on 01772 522972 who will be able to provide you with the necessary contact information to take this concern forward.

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