Thankyou NHS- in hospital with Dd17

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I've read so many threads about how terrible people's local NHS is and I am so grateful for our local one.
Dds has been having stomach/bladder problems for weeks. The GP yesterday sent up to the hospital as they were worried about appendicitis.
Id like to show a timeline to show how amazing they have been;
12pm- arrived-sent to children's surgical assessment
1230- pain relief
1245- bloods taken
1pm - moved to cubicle/ bed
3pm - surgical dr exam
4pm- stronger pain relief
430- ultrasound
6pm- results- no immediate surgery
So awaiting registar
630pm - food- Pizza
( a wonderful children's charity gets local pizza delivered to everyone on the paeds assessment/ward every Friday!!)
8pm- moved to bed in ward
Its a 2 person room- + ensuite and beds for parents.
9pm- pads dr started exam( but called away duecto emergency)
10pm- dd fell asleep
Now 7am- awaiting dr again.
Although we still have no idea what's actually wrong.
Our local hospital has been amazing. nurses have been so kind, kept us informed. There's a parents room with kitchen, seating, bathroom, snacks, toiletries.
For all the complaints about how broken the NHS is, I am still impressed.

I’m glad you’re having a good experience and it is nice to see the good things posted too! I have to say I’ve had lots of good experiences with our local hospitals, my son is 10 weeks old now and the care I received during pregnancy, birth & postpartum was honestly amazing and could not have hoped for better.

I think the level of gratitude probably depends on how much you pay in for it.

I am glad you had a great experience but my local A&E is horrific. People dying of cancer /sepsis, heart conditions kept waiting hours, expected to sit in chairs or the lucky ones get a bed in a doorway. It is traumatising for them and there families.

I think the NHS works well more often than it doesn't but we hear more from the people who are dissatisfied. Sending good wishes for your dd.

We went to our local a&e last Sunday with my Ds suspected broken toe. We put our details into a machine, like an iPad. We were immediately directed to the paeds unit. The staff were waiting at the door for us and were seen straight away. My dh had just dropped us and was heading home as I’d instructed as I thought there would be quite the wait. I was ringing him to pick us up ten minutes later. When it works it’s fantastic.

I’m pleased to hear when it works. It’s aspirational! That’s what we are aiming for!

I have less good experiences. Pre COVID I was in a car crash. My injuries weren’t bad, I wasn’t kept in, but I was shocked and needed a wound treated and to be checked over. After triaging (I think) I was put on a trolley in among about 30 or so others, with small gaps to walk between. As we were called to be seen, they played logjam to get us out and wheeled into a cubicle.
They sent me home without any extra dressings for my wound, and it proved hard to get any. But the firemen and ambulance at the scene were great.

And another time I needed a cat bite assessing and treating. I ended up in a ward on an IV for 2 days because I couldn’t to antibiotics fast enough. So that was a waste of resources.

I’m pleased to hear your dd is receiving good and timely treatment, hope she’s feeling better soon. My adult son broke his arm last week, he went to our local hospital utc, he was triaged , x-rayed and home with a cast on in under 5 hours. I had to go recently and was triaged and on an iv in a side room within 45 mins , admitted and settled on a ward a couple of hours later. It’s a shame the focus is always on when things go wrong or are sub par. I agree with a pp that it works and works well more often than it doesn’t.

I hope your DD recovers quickly after she gets the care that she needs. I also wish your family all the best as it is a major concern for all your family OP.

The NHS saved my sons life three years ago
He collapsed at home and ww phoned 999 An ambulance arrived in .minutes and immediately diagnosed him being in DKA wh had no idea he had Diabetes ,they blue lighted him to hospital straight through to resus and he was in critical care within an Hour ,his care on the critical care ward was exceptional
Once he stabilised and was transferred to a general ward his care was more hit and miss.