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"Waiting for medication"

About: Whiston Hospital / General medicine

(as a carer),

Feel Pharmacy staff need training in customer care. Been waiting 7 days for the rest of my prescription. Third visit today told to sit down wait I said I have been waiting for a week. Medication was part of an order for a cancer patient. Asked pharmacist if she would ring Lilac Centre she told me to go there then come back. My husband is not supposed to be left alone and this is the 3rd time I have had to leave him because of pharmacy incompetence. Told that it had taken 7 days for the medication to come in. Why? This is a hospitals pharmacy attached to a Clatterbridge Cancer Center. Was asked by member of the public on way out about the way pharmacist had spoke and that everyone waiting could hear. After working with the public for over 30 years, this is not how you speak to the people who pay you. Public support is very important to the NHS.

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Response from Michael Vacara, Interim Patient Experience Manager, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 7 years ago
Michael Vacara
Interim Patient Experience Manager,
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Submitted on 20/03/2017 at 15:40
Published on Care Opinion on 21/03/2017 at 09:47


We take all issues surrounding patient experience very seriously and we are extremely sorry that on this occasion your experience was not at the standard we would expect. We appreciate your comments and feedback relating to your recent visit to St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust. We are sorry to hear that you have had to wait seven days for medication. This feedback will be shared with the Pharmacy Department to improve our service for patients. Please do not hesitate to contact our PALS department on 0151 430 1376 so that we can discuss this further with you.

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Response from Michael Vacara, Interim Patient Experience Manager, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 7 years ago
We have made a change
Michael Vacara
Interim Patient Experience Manager,
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Submitted on 21/03/2017 at 09:54
Published on Care Opinion at 10:13


Our Chief Pharmasist and Lilac Centre management and have identified a range of actions which will enable us provide a better service to their patients. Once again thank you for taking your time to inform us of your experience.

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