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"Staff were pleasant however department was virtually empty."

About: Angliss Hospital

(as a parent/guardian),

I took my daughter to the ED one morning. The waiting area was completely empty and the receptionist told us to stand at the Triage window. We waited there for about 5 or 10 minutes without seeing anyone or a word from anyone. This was quite disconcerting as there was no communication with us as to how long we would be waiting or whether we could have a seat and wait to be called. I helped myself to a wheel chair for my daughter to sit in as her leg was very sore.

The triage nurse was lovely.

We were then asked to go to the X-ray department - instructed to go down the passage and take the second passage on the right. We did this - the passage was unlit, the only light on was coming from a caged window in the wall with a sign saying "nuclear..." We rang the bell for attention, waited about 10 minutes, during which time a man pushing a food trolley passed us, a man in blue scrubs passed us - I asked him if he could find anyone to greet us/ help us. He said that they knew we were coming. I asked him how they knew? He said that it would be on the computer. We both felt a little strange and lost. Not very confident.

Eventually a pleasant enough lady appeared and whipped my daughter off for her x-rays. After which we were told to go back to emergency for the results.

In emergency my daughter was put onto a bed, where once again we waited. She was seen by a doctor, then by a nurse, then we had to wait for a physio to arrange crutches, apparently no physio could be found, so the nurse had to find crutches. Then another nurse had to fit them. We were told it was a soft tissue injury and to see how she goes. Thankfully she has improved.

Although all the staff were pleasant, the department was virtually empty. It took almost 2.5 hours, no clear communication and 8 different staff members to coordinate.

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Response from Alan Lilly, Chief Executive, Eastern Health 9 years ago
Alan Lilly
Chief Executive,
Eastern Health
Submitted on 19/03/2015 at 7:23 PM
Published on Care Opinion on 20/03/2015 at 11:12 AM


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Dear POMAR06

Many thanks for taking the time to provide us with feedback on your experience. I am sorry that we appear to have fallen short on regularly and appropriately communicating with you and your daughter. I will pass on your feedback to the Angliss Hospital management and emergency department team and ensure that staff are advised of the need to keep patients well briefed and informed. Thank you also for your positive comments on some of your interactions with staff. My emphasis with staff is always to ensure that every interaction is a positive interaction and I am sorry that we do not appear to have achieved that on this occasion. Also, if you would like any further follow-up, you are welcome to call our Patient Relations Advisors on 1800 EASTERN or email us at feedback@easternhealth.org.au Your feedback really does help us improve our services and care so thank you again for taking the time to write and I do hope that your daughter is going from strength to strength. Kind regards ... Alan

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