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"Phoned to try and contact my sister on Firth 2"

About: Northern General Hospital / Vascular surgery

(as a relative),

I'm  not impressed today, phoned to try and contact my sister who's a patient on this ward and was told that the phone wasn't around and could I phone later on, when I phoned later the person stated that the phone was still missing even though the ward isn't that big and they could have easily asked the nurse  to find out which patient had the relevant phone.

I asked why I wasn't allowed to speak to my sister as the member of staff wasn't helpful at all who was covering the desk this morning as well as afternoon. This is the second time this has happened and I explained that I was going to make a complaint as my sister had a fall the previous night and was really upset when I arrived and I'm also her next of kin, so to be told that I can't talk to my sister to check if she's ok or not, or needs me to visit, then its a clear breach of care with the staff.

It seems like they can't be bothered to check which bay has the phone or which member of staff took it as its supposed to be used for everyone to communicate with their relatives yet the phone is missing - but when I phoned that number is was a message stating this number isn't recognised so why say one thing when it can clearly be proved false. Its not very good to tell relatives things that are clearly untrue when they must have phoned that number first and checked for themselves, I don't think this was a mistake, I believe this person is lying. I'm going to make a complaint as this is the second time its happened already and I took it  to the ward sister as well as the ward manager the first time.  

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Response from Deborah Hopkinson, Patient Experience Co-ordinator, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4 years ago
Deborah Hopkinson
Patient Experience Co-ordinator,
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 07/08/2019 at 14:31
Published on Care Opinion at 14:31


I am really sorry to hear of your poor experience. I understand how this situation must be frustrating and upsetting. I will be escalating your concerns today to senior management so that they are aware of your comments.


In order for you to raise your concerns please could you phone our Patient Services Team on telephone number 0114 271 2400 or email them at pst@sth.nhs.uk and they will be able to formally register your complaint.

Yours sincerely

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Response from Deborah Hopkinson, Patient Experience Co-ordinator, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4 years ago
Deborah Hopkinson
Patient Experience Co-ordinator,
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 07/08/2019 at 15:02
Published on Care Opinion at 15:02


Update

The Matron on the ward has asked the ward manager to try to identify you and your sister so that he can come and speak to you about what happened yesterday and also to identify who was answering the phone yesterday.

I hope that this matter can be satisfactorily resolved and changes implemented to improve matters for patients and their family members. Thank you for taking the time to bring this matter to our attention.


Kind regards.

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