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Wards 18, 7 and 10

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"Wards 18, 7 and 10"

About: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool Victoria Hospital / Respiratory medicine Trinity Hospice

(as a staff member),

My husband attended urgent care in June and was admitted to ward 18. After review we were allowed home and returned the next day for a ct scan. We were told he had advanced lung cancer which had spread to his liver. Sadly he died only 12 days later.

During that period, he spent time on wards 7 and 10. In every ward the care could not have been better and all staff without exception were so wonderful. We were looked after as a family. He wanted to die at home and on discharge we were looked after by district nurses from whitegate drive and the hospice at home team. They too went above and beyond to allow my husband to have a dignified death in his own bed as he wanted.

As a member of Trust staff, it made me proud to be a nurse and to work in this organisation. 

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Response from Eleanor Walsh, Head of Patient Experience, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4 years ago
Eleanor Walsh
Head of Patient Experience,
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 17/07/2019 at 22:34
Published on Care Opinion at 22:34

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I am so sorry to hear that you lost your husband and I would like to pass on my sincere condolences to you and your family. I appreciate that this will remain a difficult time for you, and it is very considerate of you to take the time to thank the staff and services involved in the care provided to your Husband.

I will share your kind feedback with the staff on the three wards who were involved in caring for him. I am sure that they will be delighted to read your heartening words, all the more so at this difficult time.

Thank you again for getting in touch and I wish you and your family every good wish as you come to terms with your very sad loss.

With warm regards

Eleanor

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