"From A&E to Redlands Ward (7days)"

Thank you for taking the time to feed back on your experience in the Emergency Department (A&E) and Redlands Ward. Your review is important to us and allows us to improve the services we provide to our patients. We apologise for the long wait in A&E; of late, the hospital has been under huge pressure for beds and this impacts on the department as we cannot move patients onto wards, resulting in delays and waits on trolleys. We do however ensure all patients are safe and that we meet their needs in a safe environment. We are currently undergoing an extension to the A&E department to increase capacity so hopefully this will reduce waiting times. With regards to the issues on Redlands Ward, it is not normal practice to have a showerhead absent in our bathrooms, however on this occasion, a patient placed toilet paper in the head to reduce the flow and pressure. This unfortunately resulted in the showerhead becoming blocked and unusable despite the ward staff's best efforts to unblock it. A new showerhead is currently on order. We are also sorry that your discharge was not well managed. Redlands is a busy ward with a quick turnover of short stay patients. Coupled with new physicians in post, who were familiarising themselves with the RBFT discharge process, this resulted in discharge delays during the time of your stay. Your comments regarding the cleanliness and nursing staff are greatly appreciated; we take pride in providing quality nursing care in a clean and acceptable environment. The lead nurse for Redlands Ward will pass all your comments on to the rest of the team, and thank you again for your feedback.