Reviews
Reviews
I spent 1 night (came at roughly 9pm)but wanted to actively leave the next morning.
1. I was attempting to breast feed behind curtain and a midwife came in and just opened the curtains ‘I need to give you discharge information’ I had to cover myself quickly.
2. No one on the ward helped me to feed my baby, I understand staffing can be bad, totally get that. The night midwife told me after I said I wanted to breast feed that ‘ you don’t have milk, your baby is starving give him a bottle’
3. Day midwife called Maria, I can only describe as one of the rudest most ignorant midwife or nurses I have ever met. She hissed behind her teeth when I asked about my antibiotics for going home in the next hour or 2. She told the young mother across the way that she was going to ‘kill her baby if she swaddles it’ and your going to over heat your baby in that blanket, your going to kill your baby’ ‘you should use a cellular blanket’. The mother was horrified. It was awful to be in bay, I’m a first time mother too and it scared And
The HCAs were quite nice, busy but when I did talk to them they were very nice and friendly, please say thank you.
I didn’t see point in staying any longer and told my husband to take me home.
very professional and polite staff, punctual appointment and clean hospital
Very happy with the service I received.
Paramedics were fantastic and I was seen to quickly. Doctor was very thorough investigating for an underlying cause. Other care providers were great monitoring me.
When it comes to the injury and treatment itself, I felt I could have received a bit more communication when it comes to the initial path towards the surgery. Initially I was told it was taking so long because of waiting times due to patient capacities and that I might "lose my slot" if another priority patient (i.e. an elderly with a broken hip) showed up. Only the day of surgery itself I was told that the reason for the wait had to do with the fracture and swelling of the softer tissues, so they had to wait for the swelling to go down before being able to assess the damage and take it into account during surgery. If I had known that from the start of being admitted I probably would have been less stressed and frustrated.
When it comes to the treatment itself, I am now almost a week after surgery and I am surprised how little pain I am experiencing. Of course there is a lot of pain killers at work, but whenever I am moving around, even if something accidentally bumps the injured leg, I don't feel much of it at all. Lifting the leg becomes easier now as well, so hopefully that is all quite promising.
However, one thing that I was really angry and upset with was how my surgery nearly did not go through, because of a missing pregnancy test.
At that time I had been in hospital for 9 days and I had been using the bedpan for 9 days. It was known from the moment I was brought in I would be needing a heavy surgery. Peeing in a bedpan for 9 days means there was plenty of opportunity to test me.
When moved from Amber B to Ocean A I was told a urine test would be taken again, as part of the ward procedure.
On the morning of, after I had already done my morning business (at this point I usually only went twice a day because of the pain involved with rolling over to use the bedpan), I was told a pregnancy test was still required... by miracle I had to go a second time that morning (as I'd drank more than usual to be hydrated due to the NBM from midnight), and told them this was their last chance at a pregnancy test. The guy ran off saying he would test it..
Half an hour before I was scheduled to go down to surgery (I was told they would be coming for me at 1pm) I was told the sample spilled and I still needed to pee... I had a breakdown then, with stress levels through the roof, as I figured that was it - no surgery.
I was given fluids and eventually almost 2 hours after I was intended to be brought down for surgery they finally decided to take my sample with a catheter.
I was still very stressed when going into surgery, this is not something that should happen to patients..
Regarding bed pan usage:
A lot of carers don't properly wipe the patient after they are finished. They will wipe the buttcrack but not the bumcheeks. As I am quite top heavy, I would usually sit in my own liquid, meaning my bumcheeks were wet. However even with instructions, most carers don't dry the cheeks, saying "I'm ok to roll back" and causing me to sit in the wetness until the next sheet change.
Regarding staff:
Ocean A - Kosser: 10 stars out of 5. First meeting was requesting bedpan. Her first question: how would -you- like to do it, talk me through this, I've not assisted you before. When requesting bedpan, most other carers start messing with bed settings without warning (causing unexpected pain), but not her. She made me feel like a person just by asking my preferences. Overall she was compassionate, caring, sweet. Lovely woman.
Ocean A - Laura, Lauren, Mon, Bimbo, Tina, Foziya, Kindness, Ellie
5/5 stars for them. These are the ones I've most engaged with and they show that they love what they do and want to provide the best care possible with the limited tools that they have available.
Amber B - I don't have names in particular but I felt this ward was run a lot less serious than Ocean A.
Not really regarding my own care, but just an observation I've made; There was a lady with severe dementia, who was rarely tended to at all. During meal times her food was just deposited in front of her, sometimes even with the microwave meal plastic still on top, expecting her to eat it because she sometimes was able to do so unassisted..... It was very saddening to see.
Amber B - The lunch lady that took the orders and took out the plates was a star though (I did not get her name, but it was a black woman with an amazing bright character). She kept an eye out for the lady with dementia and 'fed' the ghosts of the lady's imagination before doing a few attempts to get some food into the lady with dementia as well. She was brilliant and brought a smile to everyone's face.
everyone was very kind and treated me well
Because i was very poorly and the nurses did everything they could to make me feel comfortable. they went above and beyond.
no choice only possible answer
Great service. Seen promptly. Whom process explained.