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Everything good apart from parking

December 16, 2019
Everything good apart from parking. Exceptional staff, convenient location and great facilities.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback of your experience at Main Outpatients Department at Birmingham Children's Hospital. It is wonderful to hear that you have received excellent care from our staff and that you are happy with our facilities and our location. It is a shame to hear that you are not happy with our car parking facilities. We will share your feedback with our Main Outpatients Team and with our trust as a whole. If you have any further concerns with car parking please do not hesitate to contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) who will be happy to help resolve your concerns. You can contact our PALS team on 0121 333 8403 or by bwc.pals@nhs.net. Best Wishes, Patient Experience Team.


Provider responded

Outpatients department is very clean

Outpatients
December 16, 2019
Outpatients department is very clean, with nice seating and other facilities. Everything is very well signposted and reception staff are excellent.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback of your experience at our Main Outpatients Department at Birmingham Children's Hospital. It is great to hear that you are very happy with the layout and that you are happy with the cleanliness of the environment of the waiting room. It is lovely to hear that you have received excellent service from our Main Outpatients reception team. We will share your kind words with our Main Outpatients Team and Domestics Team to ensure they receive praise and recognition. Best Wishes, Patient Experience Team.


Provider responded

Service provision and quality has improved

December 16, 2019
I've been coming to this hospital for my kids for the last five years. The level of service provision and quality has improved a lot in last five years. Their customer service & reception team are very good. They inform you about everything and are ready to help.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback of your experience at our Main Outpatients Department in Birmingham Children's Hospital. It really is terrific to hear that over the past 5 years, the service provision and quality of care has improved. We are pleased that you have received excellent customer service from our Main Outpatients reception team and that our staff have been informative and supportive during your visits. We will share your lovely feedback with the Main Outpatients Team to ensure praise for our staff's dedication to patients and families and recognition to management for making necessary improvements to improve the quality of our Main Outpatients Service. Best Wishes, Patient Experience Team.


Provider responded

Uncomfortable and long waiting time

Accident and emergency services
February 13, 2019
I have attended the Children’s hospital A&E recently on two separate occasion with my two small children. On both occasions we had to get to A&E quickly as were sent there by GP. Because of this I didn’t have any drinks, food or cash with me. The average waiting time was five hours so we ended up spending many hours without any food or drink. In the end another patient who saw how much we were struggling gave my children some crisps as they were so hungry and starting to have tantrums on top of my 3-year-old having high temperature as well. Once we finally got in, we were offered food and drinks after I asked for it, which was really great, however we really needed it sooner. The waiting area has good facilities for children but it is very small and often people end up standing around as there are not enough seats. If you have to attend with children who have any special needs it will be very difficult due to the noise levels and lack of space and a quiet area. I do think that they should also provide fresh drinking water and some snacks for free as people don’t always have money with them due to emergency.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience of your visit to the Emergency Department on two separate occasions at Birmingham Children's Hospital. Unfortunately, if emergencies come in to our Trauma team, this will have an impact on the waiting time to be seen. Each patient's waiting time is triaged based on clinical priority.

Out of hours and during the day, families can currently purchase food and drink from the two vending machines in the Emergency waiting area. In addition, families can also purchase food from the Costa and the WHSmith's store at the front of the hospital and also our canteen/café. We appreciate your suggestions to improve on the supply of water and food for families and will certainly take your comments on board and look into how we can improve our Emergency Department waiting area. One suggestion that has been made is to provide a jug of water for families on the Emergency department reception desk, which we will look into.


Provider responded

Definitely recommend

Radiology
January 29, 2019
We are pleased with the service of the hospital. Staff are very helpful and caring. we would definitely recommend.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience during your visit to Birmingham Children's Hospital. It is great to hear that you are pleased with the service our hospital provides and that staff were compassionate and helpful. We are really happy that you will recommend our service as a trust to others. As a trust, we strive to provide high quality care and treatment and we are glad we have met this for your family.


Provider responded

Helpful staff but crowded waiting room

Radiology
January 29, 2019
Only waited 5 minutes so far. Waiting room crowded - too much furniture - no space.
Clean waiting room and helpful staff.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience during your visit to Birmingham Children's Hospital. As you have not specified which waiting area this is in regard to, we are unable to comment. However, we will take your comment on board and be mindful of the layout of each waiting area ensuring it remains spacious. We are pleased to hear that you environment was clean and the staff were helpful.


Provider responded

Long delays no reason for delay provided

Radiology
January 29, 2019
Excellent doctor saw me at a GP practice and got me this appointment. I am been waiting now for an hour. I can't see any water and am unsure as to the nature of delay. Am sure the doctor will be brilliant but not seen anyone yet.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience during your visit to Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are sorry to hear that you were unable to locate water for a drink, we do have vending machines which provide drinks and WHSmiths shop at the front of the hospital, a Costa at the front of the hospital and a Café/restaurant for patients and families, where water could be purchased. However, we will take on board your comment and look into how else we could signpost this and ensure all waiting areas have water accessible for patients and families.


Provider responded

Nothing to improve

Radiology
January 29, 2019
I have been seen quickly.
Staff helpful.
Clean waiting area and comfortable seating.
Nothing to improve.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience at Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are pleased that the environment of the waiting area you were in was of high standard, and that you were seen within a quick timeframe. We are extremely happy to hear that you had a great experience during your visit.


Provider responded

Communication could improve - staff helpful

Radiology
January 29, 2019
Waiting 40 minutes so far. Have been told that an emergency has come in but communication could be improved.
Clean area - brought food and activities to amuse son.
Toilets clean and tidy.
Staff helpful.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience at Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are really pleased that the environment of the waiting area was of a high standard and that the staff were helpful. Our staff have to prioritise emergencies and unfortunately that will impact on the length of waiting time to be seen. However, we will certainly take your comments on board and encourage clear communication to be provided to patients and their families that are waiting to be seen.


Provider responded

Bright and colourful waiting room

Accident and emergency services
January 29, 2019
5 minutes wait so far.
Bright and colourful waiting room.
Staff helpful
Toilets clean
A Tv for the kids would be good to entertain them whilst waiting.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Thank you for your feedback in regard to one of our Waiting room's in Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are pleased to hear that the staff were helpful and that the environment of the waiting room and the toilets were of a high standard. We appreciate your comments for improvement, in our main waiting areas; Emergency Department, Main Outpatients Department and Waterfall House we provide televisions for our patients and families, however we will certainly consider if any other waiting areas could benefit from having televisions available.


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