Nick Fleetwood

Review of Whittington Health

Awesome doctors and nurses. Really friendly and ta...

Awesome doctors and nurses. Really friendly and take the time to explain everything they are doing. My Mum s catchment area is covered by Barnet Hospital (even though she s much closer to Whittington). Barnet Hospital is unfortunately incredibly oversubscribed and overcrowded, and so every time we ve been there with her advanced COPD conditions we ve waited 5 hours to be seen and not been admitted, even though she s needed to be, for a number of reasons. The doctors are so overworked they just want to get you out of the way and don t check all the details properly, and don t explain why they are prescribing what they are. When I ve asked I ve been made to feel as though I m being a nuisance. This time however we were sent to Whittington and I must say the treatment is incredible. They realised the severity of the situation, rushed her through and are being meticulous in their desire to improve her condition. She s been kept in for almost two weeks so far, because she needed to be, and they re not rushing to get her out until they and we are confident she can be. Everyone is friendly and has time to be present and compassionate with us and my Mum really feels looked after. They are an absolute credit to the NHS! Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!