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Very good service

August 31, 2021
Very good service received during COVID.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Thank you for recording your positive feedback. It is always good to read when a patient has received good care, and we are so glad that COVID had not impacted this for you.
Kind regards, The Patient Experience Team


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Received good support

August 31, 2021
Received good support and care pre and post-pregnancy.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Thank you for recording this lovely feedback. We are so glad to read that you received good care, both pre and post pregnancy! Kind regards, The Patient Experience Team


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Poor

Gynaecology
July 14, 2021
Gynae dept. Good service at first but then it became diabolical. I was neglected for over 2yrs. Left on an injection without monitoring which caused osteoporosis, supposed to be sent to a specialist team in London but nothing has came of it. They never return calls when voicemails are left, an open complaint took almost a year to deal with, again I was repeatedly ignored when I tried to get in touch about it and I was forced to contact the CCG to get the hospital to reply, nothing came of the complaint and meeting we had there, the consultant sat on his phone throughout it. I don’t feel I was listened too and again I’ve not been seen for the past 2years since. I’ve had to go through my bowel consultants at the QE to get seen at the Women’s oasis clinic again urgently.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Hello. We are so sorry to read of your experience at BWC, and that you felt you were not supported previously when you contacted to discuss your complaint. We would be really keen to speak with you further regarding this, and PALS would support you throughout. Please do contact them at bwc.pals@nhs.net. We hope to be able to improve your experience significantly. Thank you. Kind regards, The Patient Experience Team.


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Still waiting

Gynaecology
July 14, 2021
Still waiting for treatment for stage 4 endometriosis or even a decision
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Thank you for recording your feedback. We would be keen to support you further if you are still awaiting treatment. Please do contact our PALS team, and they can assist you with your concern - bwc.pals@nhs.net.
Thank you. Kind regards, The Patient Experience Team


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Excellent clinical staff, admin terrible

Maternity
July 4, 2021
I am having antenatal care the Birmingham Womens Hospital, and would say all the doctors, nurses, midwives and other clinical staff including radiology have all been excellent. They are friendly, knowledgeable and made me feel safe and supported throughout. The administration however is terrible, and really lets the service down. For my 20 week scan I received notice on a Friday that my scan appointment was on the following Monday (i.e. less than 1 working days notice to be able to tell me employer I needed time off). I have found them very unhelpful when I called up to chase the appointment booking and this has happened for multiple scan appointments. The appointments have gone ahead, and as I mentioned above, all the clinical staff are great, and I'm overall happy with their care, but the frustration and stress that the poor admin adds to the experience does make me mark the service down.
Kim

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Hello! We are so happy that you have had good experience with the antenatal care at Birmingham Women's Hospital. However, are saddened that the administration have not been well received. The team are aware of on-going issues, and are making changes in order to improve this communication. If there is anything further you wished to share regarding this concern, then please contact our PALS team at bwc.pals@nhs.net - and they will happily assist you further.
Thank you. The Patient Experience Team


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Invasive procedure which was extremely painful

Gynaecology
June 7, 2021
Whilst the consultation was really friendly and professional the procedure I had was absolutely painful
I was not offered adequate pain relief before procedure even though I informed team of what I normally had
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Thank you for taking the time to write your review, although we are sorry to note that you were in so much pain during your procedure, and didn't feel you had adequate pain relief. If you would like to discuss these concerns further, then we would advise you contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) on bwc.pals@nhs.net - and they will happily assist you further.

Thank you. Best wishes, The Patient Experience Team


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Depends who you get

Gynaecology
May 27, 2021
Tried to discharge me with no feedback on surgery or what actually happened or next steps. Most staff super lovely but legit concerns about how it has got a BGSE status where you rarely get to speak to anyone that understands the basics of endometriosis. Lied to about the speciality of my surgeon when it really mattered. Would have been told nothing at all about next steps if I hadn't had to ask several times. Waste of time and pain.
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. We are sorry to read that you have had such a negative experience at our hospital. If you would like your concerns circulated to the team or need to discuss them in further detail, then we would strongly advise that you contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) - they will be able to help you action these. bwc.pals@nhs.net. Thank you.

Best wishes, The Patient Experience Team


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Not a good overall

Fertility Centre
May 19, 2021
My partner and I are undergoing fertility treatment and it's quite an emotional time for us. Understandably, due to the pandemic we were unable to attend many hospital appointments together. However, one such appointment was the first appointment with the doctor, where the doctor required personal details of my husband, so after explaining this to the receptionist and much debate we were allowed to attend together. Our last appointment was on the 18th May (one day after restrictions lifting) and I thought surely after further restrictions having being lifted, I could attend this appointment with my husband and we can support each other at this very important time in our lives. However, once again we were not allowed to attend together. I cannot understand how we as a society we have open up cinemas, restaurants, bars - relaxed most indoor activities but I cannot go to visit the hospital with my husband and attend our fertility appointment together! The government recent lifting of restriction was based on meeting 4 agenda points and only once they had they would lift restrictions. The conditions, according to the government, has been met, but why not for fertility centre patients? How long is this going to go on for?
Anonymous

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback on your experience at BWH. We are sorry to read that you felt yours was not a good one overall.

We appreciate that this is an incredibly important time you for both, and understand the impact of the restrictions on partners not being able to be there as fully as they were in the pre-pandemic past. We want to do all that we can to support you during this time but we must also balance this aim against the need to ensure the safety and well-being of all at the hospital, and it is because we are a hospital that we will be one of the last places where social distancing is fully lifted.

The trust are working incredibly hard to put measures in place throughout the hospital to find ways to ease these restrictions. We face challenges in achieving this, and our old building - with small consulting rooms, limited ventilation and the increased risk of transmission- are all considerations in our decision making and what is practically possible. On top of this, BWH still have to base our response to visitation and its policies on the governments guidelines.

We would encourage you to regularly visit the BWH website for visiting updates as it is constantly being reviewed: https://bwc.nhs.uk/womens-hospital-visiting

Best wishes, The Patient Experience Team


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I have a good experience with tommy research

Gynaecology
May 18, 2021
Tommy's offered me early pregnancy scans and helped me to get my prescriptions. Overall a good team work and friendly staff. Would recommend this to everyone
Kamaljeet

Reply from Birmingham Womens Hospital

Thank you for taking the time to leave such lovely feedback. We are so glad to read your experience was a positive one.

Best wishes, The Patient Experience Team


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Excellent care

April 21, 2021
Excellent care on Ward 8 recently.
Caroline Gill

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