On Monday 20th July, I was seen from around 6.30pm to 8.30pm. They were very friendly and helpful and I left feeling very positive by my experience. I was told to return to the walk in centre to check on my infection in 2 days' time. As I returned to an empty waiting room today on Wednesday 22nd July, not only I was told that the person i saw (who was incredible) is only an agency staff and is in the wrong to tell me to come back, and it's 'the management' who decides that people have to go back to the GP etc. Fine, I accept that, however I drove all the way there because I was given the wrong information which isn't my problem, someone should take responsibility for that mistake and deal with it accordingly. Instead, I was essentially rejected by two very rude and unhelpful members of staff, they literally turned their head away and ignored me as they finished their speech...chucking me out with their silence. I was absolutely appalled by their behaviour. I know NHS is under pressure but their ethics are down the toilet. It's people like that who are weighing down the quality of care and the reputation of the system. I hope their "management" read this and rethink how they train their staff to deal with people who actually need their help and not there to give them 'hassle' which was how they made me feel. That in itself is unacceptable. I hope they have awareness to reflect on their poor attitudes...but then again they wouldn't would they...otherwise they wouldn't have done that to a patient in need.
"Happy at first but appalled by the unhelpfulness..."
About: Barking Hospital Barking Hospital Barking IG11 9LX
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