Guy's Hospital 2015-05-20 Person 4 5 0

The hospital and its staff treated me well and are a credit to the hospital and the NHS. I only have one small issue. When I was immediately post op and in the recovery room, the nursing staff there worked diligently to bring my post-op pain under control. This they did with compassion and respect. Once the pain was under control I was returned to the ward. When the medication given to me in the recovery room ran out I was left in agonising pain all night and reduced to tears. The nursing staff on the ward did as much to reduce the pain level as was possible, and I would like to thank all of them for their efforts. They were unable to contact the duty doctor to write up a more powerful analgesic, so I spent an agonising night until proper pain relief was administered. I don't blame any one member of the staff, just the system that puts a strain on the nurses and doctors who without doubt did their best for me that night. Once that night was over, my treatment by the whole medical staff was exemplary and I thank them all.