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Kim S. one year ago • From Google

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Bad

Reception unhelpful when urgent wound care was needed

I was very disappointed with the standard of care and assistance I received from this practice following my recent hospital discharge. After leaving hospital on Thursday, I was informed that I would need daily wound dressings for an open wound and was told to arrange this through my GP surgery. When I got in touch with the practice, I was given a rather curt response that no appointments could be offered for two weeks, despite the time-sensitive nature of my situation. I was then advised that dressing supplies would be ordered for me to enable me to carry out the wound care myself, and that these would be ready to pick up at 6pm that same day. However, upon arrival, I discovered that no supplies had been prepared. I was instead advised that I would either need to wait two days or contact local pharmacies myself to source the necessary items, which had been specifically recommended by the hospital (the hospital had notified the surgery of this). During these conversations, I found the reception staff to be unhelpful and lacking in compassion. Their suggestions were limited to contacting 111 or reaching back out to the hospital, despite the hospital having clearly indicated that my post-discharge wound care should be managed by my GP. This experience left me feeling let down and caused me unnecessary worry at a time when I was recuperating from surgery and required proper follow-up care. I believe the surgery did not meet the standard of care that should be expected for a patient recovering from an operation.

Springwood Surgery

one year ago

Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry that aspects of your experience left you feeling unsupported. It seems we were able to arrange a series of dressing appointments for you at short notice, but having listened back to your phone call I agree that communication could have been handled better and I’ve addressing this directly with our Reception team. If you would find it helpful to discuss your concerns in more detail, please contact our Practice Manager Danielle Adams ([email protected]) and we will happily arrange this. Dr Smith.

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