Victoria Hospital 2013-04-02 Person 1 5 0

I attended A&E on the night of 3rd April Staff were very nice and appeared to be working to the best of their ability in a very busy unit . After a 3 hour wait I was eventually seen and treated well by staff . But the whole unit and system was failing with long delays and people in corridors waiting for beds . The cubicle I was taken in to had dirty open sharps boxes with blood on , the notes of a patient seen the day before on a table , bits of tape were stuck to the table and bits of tissue and wrappers thrown on the floor. I saw little evidence of hand washing by staff and patients had no opportunity to wash . Some years ago I contracted MRSA at The Vic and the healthcare commission became involved , I had hoped that lessons had been learnt , but may be not !