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"Lost all confidence"

About: St John of God Midland Hospital / Emergency Department

(as a parent/guardian),

Presented around lunchtime. 

Left two hours later as autistic child so agitated and still in waiting room which was exploding with people and completely hectic and although explained to staff, was offered nothing. 

Staff called once home and then explained we could represent and ask for a quiet room. 

Represented that evening. To be put in quiet room and left. 

Some hours later was seen by a junior doctor who couldn’t find notes. 

I Found nurse and they had discharged us as couldn’t find us. Even though it was communicated that it was written on our notes we were in family room 

Junior doctor looked in throat and explained tonsils weren’t inflamed and throat not red.. ( child had tonsillectomy at age 2, so there are no tonsils)

I felt I’d lost all confidence in said doctors ability to actually assess my child. Who was still in family room with no bed, doctor asked me to hold their mobile phone torch when assessing throat. Very unprofessional, in my opinion. 

Meanwhile child was exposed to patient bashing head against wall of room, which scared my child. And  an extremely vocal patient stating all the details of their previous sexual assault. 

Patients lining corridors, icecream container in waiting room floor  with spew in it..I had to ask for a urine bottle as child can’t walk.. it was then left on the family room floor.. couldn’t find staff for help, ambulance officer actually got the bottle for us. 

Not satisfied with junior doctors lack of assessment. 

Child coughing, no other investigations done except X-ray of legs. In absence of fever. Despite fact I explained child has had fever 4 days. 

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Response from Janet Jones, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Clinical Governance, St John of God - Midland 12 months ago
Janet Jones
Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Clinical Governance,
St John of God - Midland
Submitted on 25/05/2023 at 3:07 PM
Published on Care Opinion at 3:42 PM


Dear Parentlife,

It was extremely disappointing to learn of your experience in our Emergency Department (ED) and l am very sorry your child was not provided with the level of care they needed at the time.

We would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about your concerns so we can undertake a review of your child’s presentation. Once the review is completed we can then share our findings with you. We acknowledge the ED can be a challenging environment for our patients and recognise that this is particularly so for our paediatric patients. I would be grateful if you can contact our Patient Experience Team on 9462 4901 or MI.PatientExperienceTeam@sjog.org.au so we can get further details from you.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Janet Jones

Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Clinical Governance

St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals

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Response from Janet Jones, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Clinical Governance, St John of God - Midland 12 months ago
Janet Jones
Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Clinical Governance,
St John of God - Midland
Submitted on 26/05/2023 at 1:58 PM
Published on Care Opinion at 2:03 PM


Hello Parentlife,

Thank you so much for contacting us and speaking with a Patient Experience team member yesterday. We are very grateful for the information you provided during the call and it will certainly be shared with the relevant managers as a teaching opportunity. We deeply regret that your child did not have the best experience at our hospital however your feedback has been invaluable. Thank you once again for sharing your feedback with us and we wish your child the very best with his recovery

Kind regards

Janet Jones

Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Clinical Governance

St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals

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