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Wi Fi Dodgy
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Mrs A has been in local hospital for 4 weeks.
Her mobile, thank gord, works all the time.
But the hospital’s Wi-Fi is on and off like the proverbial trousers, so our iPads, our preferred method of contact, go off too.
This has GOT to be something to do with their routers, hasn’t it? Sometimes it’s on for hours, sometimes on and off six times a day.
Any thoughts?
A
Her mobile, thank gord, works all the time.
But the hospital’s Wi-Fi is on and off like the proverbial trousers, so our iPads, our preferred method of contact, go off too.
This has GOT to be something to do with their routers, hasn’t it? Sometimes it’s on for hours, sometimes on and off six times a day.
Any thoughts?
A
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If everyone in the ward is experiencing the same problems, it must be something to do with the NHS Wi-Fi system in the hospital.
If it's only your wife who's experiencing problems, get the iPad to 'forget' the network
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Then turn the iPad off a back on again before reconnecting once more to the hospital's wi-fi. That often seems to solve intermittent connection problems.
If it's only your wife who's experiencing problems, get the iPad to 'forget' the network
https:/
Then turn the iPad off a back on again before reconnecting once more to the hospital's wi-fi. That often seems to solve intermittent connection problems.
Contact the hospital's PALS team to complain about the wi-fi problems. The more moans they get through an 'official' channel, the quicker they might be to get things fixed!
If people tell you that the problem has existed for ages, try a letter to your local rag, pointing out how important a reliable means of communicating with relatives is for patients, particularly when visiting rights are either restricted or non-existent through Covid.
If people tell you that the problem has existed for ages, try a letter to your local rag, pointing out how important a reliable means of communicating with relatives is for patients, particularly when visiting rights are either restricted or non-existent through Covid.
Another twist on Northwick Park.
Mrs A was talking to her ward manager, who told her:
At the start of Covid they had hospital iPads for patients to have virtual visits. Those were connected to the hospital WiFi line. They didn't crash.
However, they were only for use if you set an appointment for talking to your family. I asked if I could be connected that way but she said the staff aren't even allowed to know the password. Stoopid, or what?
———
So they HAVE got a stable wifi system, but they keep it secret!
What a shambles, eh?
Mrs A was talking to her ward manager, who told her:
At the start of Covid they had hospital iPads for patients to have virtual visits. Those were connected to the hospital WiFi line. They didn't crash.
However, they were only for use if you set an appointment for talking to your family. I asked if I could be connected that way but she said the staff aren't even allowed to know the password. Stoopid, or what?
———
So they HAVE got a stable wifi system, but they keep it secret!
What a shambles, eh?
