would be back. She passed away 48 hours after the biopsy (not as any result or side effects of the biopsy). Not-one seemed to know how ill she was or how rapidly she was deteriorating.” Chesterfield Royal Hospital. All in all they were absolutely brilliant and I cannot “Re thank them enough. The only comment was that she could have done with moving to a hospice or cottage hospital earlier in her hospital stay so she and we could have benefitted from the greater freedom there. When she was bed-ridden totally she was quite happy, as were we, and she was moved to a side ward and we were allowed to stay with here for the final week or so. THANK YOU CRH.” Section D: Pre-pathway It seems that for this group of respondents some had received good care in hospital, but very often the care received was not of a good enough standard, or actually poor. One respondent’s rating of two different wards suggests one reason for these differences. Respondents’ comments illustrate the considerable distress caused by poor care and failures in care. D: Post-pathway Care in hospital: Nine of the eleven respondents reported that their relative had spent time in hospital in their last three months of life Four said that One felt relative had died on that admission. they were discharged at the two felt that and one that right time, they had been discharged too soon, they were discharged One was too late. not sure. There were comments, for example: sure. Had I how close my husband was to dying I would have asked for him “Not home sooner. As non medical people ourselves we accepted the advice given.” [Not sure] Hospital care: communication and explanations: post-pathway Six respondents reported that they were or kept informed about their always usually relative’s condition. Two reported this There was one other reply: sometimes. I asked! I did not always feel automatically included as the wife of the patient” “When [Other reply] reported that their relative’s condition, treatment or tests were explained in a very easy or way. One reported this was Five said doctors or nurses had fairly easy fairly difficult. given any information in an upsetting way and three that this had not happened, with one who had There were five comments, such as: not talked to any doctors or nurses.
would be back. She passed away 48 hours after the biopsy (not as any result or side effects of the biopsy). Not-one seemed to know how ill she was or how rapidly she was deteriorating.” “Re Chesterfield Royal Hospital. All in all they were absolutely brilliant and I cannot thank them enough. The only comment was that she could have done with moving to a hospice or cottage hospital earlier in her hospital stay so she and we could have benefitted from the greater freedom there. When she was bed-ridden totally she was quite happy, as were we, and she was moved to a side ward and we were allowed to stay with here for the final week or so. THANK YOU CRH.” Section D: Pre-pathway It seems that for this group of respondents some had received good care in hospital, but very often the care received was not of a good enough standard, or actually poor. One respondent’s rating of two different wards suggests one reason for these differences. Respondents’ comments illustrate the considerable distress caused by poor care and failures in care. D: Post-pathway Care in hospital: Nine of the eleven respondents reported that their relative had spent time in hospital in their last three months of life Four said that relative had died on that admission. One felt they were discharged at the right time, two felt that they had been discharged too soon, and one that they were discharged too late. One was not sure. There were comments, for example: “Not sure. Had I how close my husband was to dying I would have asked for him home sooner. As non medical people ourselves we accepted the advice given.” [Not sure] Hospital care: communication and explanations: post-pathway Six respondents reported that they were always or usually kept informed about their relative’s condition. Two reported this sometimes. There was one other reply: “When I asked! I did not always feel automatically included as the wife of the patient” [Other reply] reported that their relative’s condition, treatment or tests were explained in a very easy or fairly easy way. One reported this was fairly difficult. Five said doctors or nurses had given any information in an upsetting way and three that this had not happened, with one who had not talked to any doctors or nurses. There were five comments, such as: