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Barsel | 17:16 Tue 02nd Nov 2021 | ChatterBank
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After posting this earlier, I went to visit a friend of mine (pre arranged) where I was greeted by her very anxious son telling me my friend had been taken to A&E with sickness and the worst pain she's ever had in her life, and yes, he was the one who had phoned and texted me with a new number I don't have!
I phoned the hospital who said I could go to see her as she was still in A&E and she was completely out of it on morphine.
The nurse told me she has been diagnosed with Pancreatitis and although I stayed with her for nearly 4 hours and she had been there for 10 hours, they still didn't have a bed for her.
I've been advised to phone back later to see which ward she will be on, but they think there is no visiting on the wards.
I was under the impression you can have 1 designated visitor, but I don't know for sure.
Anyone know the rules on this or does it depend on which hospital it is?
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I don’t know the answer to your question but poor lady. I hope she’s okay.
Each hospital (or, more accurately, each hospital trust) has its own rules.

However the increase in Covid infection rates has recently resulted in many hospital trusts going back to the former 'lockdown' rules on visitors. e.g. in my own local area:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-hospitals-to-suspend-visitors-8439172
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My next door neighbour was in the same hospital and came home last week.
I've just spoken to her about visiting and she was allowed 1 designated visitor from her support bubble or a family member, and it had to be made by appointment and for only half an hour.
Don't know if this has changed since last week.
Hopefully I will find out when I phone later.
It should be on the hospital's website anyway, Barsel. e.g.
https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/temporary-suspension-of-visiting-in-all-esneft-hospitals/

Our local hospitals are asking that only ONE person should phone to check on a patient's condition, and then pass the information on to friends and family:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/health/phone-calls-plea-after-hospital-visits-restricted-8454914
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This is the website, but I don't know how up to date it is.
https://mft.nhs.uk/wythenshawe/patients-visitors/visitors/wards-and-visiting-times/
I feel really awful now that I didn't respond to her sons phone call now.
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I don't really know what to do if only 1 person is allowed to phone as he hates and I mean really hates talking on the phone, even to people he knows.
I think the only reason he phoned me was because he knew I was going round today to see my friend and he wanted to save me a wasted journey.
Barsel, can you message her, text/ leave a message at the ward?
The website should be up to date. (If it wasn't the trust's IT team would soon be receiving lots of complaints from ward staff, that's for sure!)

They've got really boring names for the wards up there, haven't they? Our local hospital has wards that are all named after Suffolk villages, such as Lavenham ward, Capel ward, Somersham ward, etc.
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Pixie, I took her mobile phone with me, but she had no handbag, only a carrier bag that had her pyjamas and dressing gown in covered in vomit, but I had to put it in that bag as there was nowhere else, and although I told her where I'd put it, she was so out of it, I'm worried she won't know it's there.
Have just phoned A&E and she is still there. No bed for her yet after 12 hours.
They said I could phone again at 10pm.
My poor friend, I feel so sad for her.

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Chris ///They've got really boring names for the wards up there, haven't they?///
Have they, does it say on the website?
I'll take a look.
^^^ They're nearly all just A-1, A-2, etc.

However I love the name of the transplant ward, 'Jim Quick', with the suggestion of getting things done at speed there ;-)
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It looks like they may be named after people i.e Jim Quick, Doyle, Wilson, Pearce.
Don't know who these people were, but I think the Burns Unit might be after Rabbie.
That was in very poor taste Barsel.
I'd actually typed out a reference to Rabbie Burns myself but then I decided not to post it ;-)

It's nice that they've chosen to name some wards after fundraisers, etc, but it seems odd that they've not renamed a few more wards to get rid of those military-style letter and number combinations. 'Lavenham ward' sounds so much cosier to me than 'C2' or whatever.

However if I was actually in ward C2, I think that I'd have more to worry about than it's name anyway. It's the post-natal unit ;-)
Barsel ... don't beat yourself up about not responding to the mobile call or text. The sender should have either left a voicemail message or identified themselves in the text. I would not have responded. Hope your friend recovers although it will take a week or so at least.
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It's a massive hospital Chris.
When I was leaving there today, I had to ask someone to show me the way out or else I'd probably still be wandering around there.
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Thanks Togo, I said that to him, if he had only put his name.
I have his number in my phone now.

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