"My sons visit to A & E"

About: East Surrey Hospital / Accident and emergency East Surrey Hospital / Ear, Nose and Throat

(as a parent/guardian),

My sons visited East Surrey A & E this week due to bleeding after a recent tonsillectomy. He was seen by a nurse quite quickly who then advised he needed to see ENT.   After a while this happened and was told he would be kept in overnight.   He was transferred to a side ward eventually, after a long wait in a chair in a great deal of pain.   Once in a bed he was given pain killers and antibiotics and was told he needed to be nil by mouth.   It was later that a nurse asked him if he wanted food, to which I (his mum) had to remind them he was nil by mouth and then later he was going to be given someone else's medication until I pointed out that the date of birth read out was not my sons.   Whilst he was there he had blood tests, but no reason was given for that nor was he given the results.   I do feel that young people are less able to ask these questions and it would be good if this could be remembered when dealing with young people.  

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Response from Bill Kilvington, Assistant Director for Women and Children's, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 6 years ago
Bill Kilvington
Assistant Director for Women and Children's,
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Submitted on 05/07/2018 at 15:34
Published on Care Opinion at 16:47


Dear Caroleus,

I am really sorry to read of your son's experience, this is certainly not what we would have expected.

I am not quite clear from your post whether your son was kept in the surgical assessment ward or transferred to an inpatient ward. This would be different depending on his age - over or under 16.

If you could email me I will be happy to look into this further and to ensure that the correct department investigates.

Kind regards

Bill Kilvington

Associate Director Women and Child Health

bill.kilvington@nhs.net

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