The six berth wards are a retrograde step in my opinion, this means three beds a side and my elderly wife who has dementia problems was placed in a corner bed. The lady in the next bed being unable to talk meant that my wife had no one to talk to ! My wife had a bad fracture of her leg and was confined to bed for many weeks; not a very satisfactory situation. In the old large wards there was always something going on no matter how trivial.
May I also say that since my wife came out of hospital last October the follow up care -the Community Matron - in particular can only be described as excellent, or indeed unhurried excellence. Nothing too much trouble, nothing glossed over , other patients never mentioned, the visit of the Matron always eagerly looked forward to.
"Six berth wards."
About: Central Lancashire PCT / Community nursing Central Lancashire PCT Community nursing Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Preston PR5 6AW
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