AIBU to want to send a thank you

[MrTrebus]

DD recently admitted to hospital. I cannot extend my thanks enough to those that have cared for her on the ward. I can't get back down there now for a few days and the ward doesn't accept members of the public you have to arrive via ambulance so I can't just pop in. I want to send a thank you of some kind to all the amazing doctors and nurses.

What and how do I go about sending it?!

If you are a doctor or nurse or work in a hospital what would you want to receive? I'd love to send something to the paramedics as well but unsure if they're based at the hospital or elsewhere and I didn't catch their names any help gratefully received.

Paramedics aren’t normally based at a hospital.
I know it’s not the same thing but I went back to the maternity unit after I’d had my daughter and took the midwives biscuits and chocolates.

I think a thank you letter would be lovely!

Can you call the main telephone number and ask where you could send something? How lovely

I sent a thank you notes to doctors and a sonographer who showed me a lot of kindness on top of their professional care. I think if someone treats you in a way that you feel made a difference then it's a lovely thing to do. Who doesn't like to be thanked for their hard / kind work. So I say go for it!

Is a thank you card enough though? I was thinking of sending a small hamper or something but not sure if they'd allow that to be sent if it comes directly from a company etc?I suppose I could do it myself and drop it into main reception but then I'd worry they'd say no they can't accept it?am I over thinking?!

Can you arrange for a gift to be delivered chocolates?

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The trust I work in directly links to trust related feedback on the intranet. Posting your thanks publicly might be nice?

There shouldn't be a problem sending something directly to the ward. My ward gets stuff delivered from various companies.

Please do send something, it honestly makes our day knowing the care we gave made a difference!
A note or card is more than enough, but if you did want to send something else, we especially like chocolate or biscuits on our ward or one patient brought in a load of tea and coffee bits for us when he found out we had to pay for it ourselves which was really lovely.

Something that can be easily shared between the staff would be best!

Perhaps call the ward or you could leave it with reception if your hospital has one and they would be able to pass it down. Or go to the PALS office and they would be able to pass it along, they don't just deal with complaints!
Ambulance won't be based at the hospital, I think the only thing you can do is call the local ambulance centre (non emergency number) and they may be able to tell you who it was if you have the time they arrived? That's the only thing I could advise a previous patient of when they wanted to do the same thing! The names aren't logged on the ambulance sheet that they give us, only their ID numbers which we're not allowed to give out!

We tend to love a card and cake. We are not.allowed tk accept anything of higher value anyway.

Even just a thank you card would be gratefully accepted - your thanks would be passed on to their managers that way.

We thanked the nurses who cared for terminally ill dad in the obituary / acknowledge wlin paper, but named the on s who had really helped individually. The MD of the trust knew us sort of and got in touch to ask for f it could be shared on the company intranet. The MD placed it as a front page news item in the company / trust web site with the introduction "This is why we do what we do.." so it was a lovely gesture.

I work for a hospital charity. If yours has one maybe you could send it via them?

Great ideas and help thank you. I like the idea of a tea and coffee hamper maybe with a nice card. Thank you all

To thank the ambulance crew write or e-mail your local Trust HQ with the date/time/location of the journey and it should get passed on to the crew.

For the paramedic(s), contact your local ambulance service. They will be able to pass it on.

Thank you I'll also do that as the paramedics were brilliant too

I took in chocolates and biscuits for staff room and a thank you card detailing how grateful I am. Probably a little gushy looking back but I was so grateful and emotional so couldn't help it.

I'm glad your child is well.

If at any point you had a student nurse involved in the care, consider a note to them. They will be over the moon and can use it for their end of year review for uni.

Thank you. One of the paramedics was a student so I'll bear that in mind.