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.

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.

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience at Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are really pleased to hear the waiting area and toilets were of a high standard and that it is wheelchair accessible. We appreciate your comments for improvement as it enables our trust to provide a high quality service. We are sorry that the hand dryer was out of order at the time of your visit. We will certainly highlight your suggestion to our Domestics team to provide paper towels as an alternative and to ensure signage is available when our hand-dryers are out of order.

Thank you for your feedback in regard to one of our Waiting room's in Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are really pleased to hear that the environment is of a high standard and that the staff are being friendly and welcoming, as a trust we strive to provide high quality care.

Thank you for your feedback in regard to one of the Waiting area's in Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are pleased that the staff have been helpful. We appreciate your comments for improvement. In regard to providing vending machines that take card payments, the trust is currently looking at work with replacing vending machines in the Main Outpatients Department to ensure variety/quality is provided for our patients and families. We will certainly take these comments on board and suggest to the leads of this project to consider Vending machines that take flexible payment. We are sorry that the hand dryer was out of order during the time of your visit, we will highlight this with our Domestics team to ensure suitable signage is provided.

Thank you for your feedback in regard to one of our Waiting Area's in Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are pleased that staff have been helpful and that the environment is of a high standard. As a trust we strive to provide high quality care and treatment for our patients and their families.

Thank you for your feedback in regard to your experience during your visit to Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are pleased to hear that the staff were very good. We are sorry to hear that you felt the environment of the waiting area was of a poor standard and that the toilets were not clean, this does not meet our trust standards and is not acceptable and we will certainly share this feedback with the Domestics team to ensure every area/department remains to a high standard.

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback in regard to your overall experience with Birmingham Children's Hospital. It is wonderful to hear that you would recommend our hospital to everyone. As a trust, we strive to provide a high quality service, and it is great that we are meeting those standards for you as a family.

Thank you for your feedback in regards to one of our Waiting room's at Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are pleased to hear that the doctor's provided good care and the staff were supportive during your visit. Your suggestions for providing an area for our patients and families who have autism and sensory care, are valued and will be considered, as it enables us as a trust to make improvements in order to provide a high quality service.

Kind Regards, Lucy Hobday, Patient Experience Officer

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback in regard to your overall experience at Birmingham Children's Hospital. It is very sad to hear that you have had a poor experience during your son's admission. We would like to encourage you to contact our Patient Advisory and Liaison Service (PALS) team who would be happy to support you and escalate these concerns to the relevant ward manager, senior nursing team and clinical team to investigate and respond in order to resolve your concerns.

PALS can be contacted on 0121 333 8403 or alternatively you can email to bwc.pals@nhs.net