Chris Rickett

Review of Leicester royal infirmary

My father is currently in LRI. The standard of ca...

My father is currently in LRI. The standard of care is careless and generally unsatisfactory. Among the apathetic staff there are both nurses and doctors who are genuinely talented and caring individuals. Sadly they are in the minority. I feel truly sorry for them and hope the system does not manage to grind them down too. All I expect is a standard of care which is knowledgeable and compassionate. Hard pressed staff and busy wards are no excuse for poor and sub standard care. Patient notes seem irrelevant and the very important gets lost in the mess of general paperwork - maybe why no-one absorbs all the information. When someone enters the hospital and is moved from ward to ward who is responsible for that patient's care? Who are the patient advocates within the system?