Princess Royal Hospital

Had to visit A&E earlier this week. Everyone was simply amazing. A true credit to themselves, the NHS, the team, and an inspiration. Despite current challenges the service, help and care was tremendous and exemplary. My sincere and heartfelt thanks to all and everyone. True example to us all.

Twice I’ve had two visit A&E while the Pandemic this year as strained our NHS. And I’m posting this message as BIG thank you to all the staff at Princess Royal for they care and duty to all in there care. 100% amazing staff and service thank you so much for all your hard work not just in these difficult times but all the time . 🙏

Great team really helpful at 1 in the morning, big thanks to Luke and Abbey last night.

Over-worked and under-paid, yet the people working here deliver care with professionalism and humility above and beyond.. huge respect and great appreciation from me for my experience there in the early hours of this morning, thank you.

From an ex ocular cancer patient! I can only give the hospital one star due to an incident that took place nearly 4 years ago! The staff but mainly down to a ignorant consultant called Rowland Cottingham handled things badly in connection with my care over the weekend of July 15 2017! Taking all of the facts into consideration I really do not know how this man could hold down the position of authority he appeared to have at the time! Other members of staff were also to blame for my non existent attention. I got a ride in a nice shiny police car back to the hospital from my house for daring to leave the hospital after I got fed up with waiting for a free mental health check provided by the hospital after having waited some 36 hours for a team to turn up and I had not been able to sleep for nearly 48 hours and they knew it and I had not been able to have a change of clothes or wash properly or even take a shower! At approximately one in the morning I then had to steel myself for a mental health assessment lasting approx 1 hour which wasn't easy when you are faced with a social worker and 2 section 12 psychiatrists, one of whom was a bully, but, hey, at that time of the day, I wasn't in any position to argue! My own GP has never been able to face up to me since cos he had input into the hospital. Shame on him for the present! I have been assured that things have been improved ! I hope so cos that weekend was a complete write off as far as I was concerned and I am still angry even now after what I now look back at as a weekend that was totally shambolic! I did get a very belated full apology from Dr. Haigh by the way, in case anyone reading this thought I was making the whole thing up! I wouldn't have thought that this scenario would have taken place what with me being a former ocular cancer patient who then goes and has a row with his partner and then, because of the type of cancer it was, the authorities go and jump to the wrong conclusion and call in the mental people completely unfounded! History has proved that they backed the wrong person cos after getting on for 11 years since having to have my left eyeball surgically removed folks, I am unfortunately for them, still around to tell this true story! Shame on them, I say! Oh, yes, I turned 70 years of age back in July of this year! Hey, we're NOT all crazy now! Some of us baby boomers actually enjoy life!