"Pleasant and restful stay at Southmead Urology..."

Dear Anonymous – thank you for taking the time and trouble to provide your feedback on the Urology Service at Southmead. I am pleased that you found the staff professional, and the care provided to be of a good standard. I regret that your pre-operative experience was not of the same high standard. I am sorry that you had to wait so long for your operation on the day, and that the communication was unclear, and the reasons for the delay were not adequately explained. Following the recent transfer of urology services from the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust to make one centre of excellence, the service has been experiencing high levels of demand while the new structure has been implemented and the service model matured. It was for this reason, and the fact that Southmead is an acute hospital with large numbers of emergency admissions, that the warning about the possible need to cancel your operation was given. However, cancellations are always an option of last resort, and I am glad yours was able to proceed as planned. Your comments have been fed back to the team in order that they can be aware of all aspects of your experiences, both positive and negative, and use these to improve the service for other patients. Kind regards – Steve Sykes Advice and Complaints Team.