3/5 R N. 5 years ago on Google
This
hospital,
I
believe,
was
made
famous
by
Magdi
Yacoub
who
carried
out
heart
transplants
here
in
decades
gone
by.
My
wife
was
transferred
here
as
an
emergency
case
in
spring
2017.
I
felt
that
they
went
through
a
logical
process
to
determine
the
next
steps
in
her
treatment.
She
was
discharged
after
a
week.
There
was
then
no
follow
up
as
promised.
Her
case
seemed
to
have
disappeared
into
a
black
hole.
After
a
month
I
made
contact
with
the
surgeon
by
email,
who
responded
immediately
and
asked
his
PA
to
organise
a
session.
I
suspect
this
hospital,
which
is
linked
to
the
Royal
Brompton
Hospital,
doesn't
have
a
good
admin
system.
It's
for
this
reason
I'm
giving
3
stars.
Patients
could
be
left
by
the
wayside
and
at
risk
without
proper
follow
up--a
significant
risk,
as
the
patients
are
most
likely
to
be
suffering
from
some
kind
of
heart
condition.
For
example,
you
may
be
asked
to
attend
a
scan,
but
there
is
then
no
follow-up.
If
you
phone
to
ask,
you
are
likely
to
be
told
that
if
the
doctor
wanted
to
see
you,
he
would
have
said
so.
Or,
you
would
be
told
that
they
know
nothing
about
that,
and
ask
you
to
call
someone
else.
Ergo,
administrative
inadequacy
is
a
hallmark
of
this
hospital;
I
have
had
to
contend
with
it
over
the
past
two
years,
which
is
a
great
shame
as
there
are
very
competent
surgeons
working
here,
who
make
a
big
difference
to
the
lives
of
people
with
serious
health
issues.
Parking
can
be
a
problem
as
the
visitor
car
park
is
small.
Parking
on
the
streets
outside
is
also
difficult
as
they
are
usually
full.
On
two
occasions
I
couldn't
find
a
parking
space
inside
or
outside
the
hospital.
On
my
latest
visit
in
April
2019,
parking
charges
were
£1.70
for
one
hour.
The
next
charge
band
is
£3
for
three
hours.
The
buildings
are
all
quite
old
and
spread
over
a
large
area.
There
is
a
restaurant,
and
a
canteen
run
by
a
volutary
group.
Can't
say
much
about
the
canteen
as
they
didn't
have
hot
water
to
make
tea
when
my
children
and
I
went
in.
The
restaurant
seemed
busy
at
lunchtime
with
hot
meals
being
available.
At
other
times
it's
just
Costa
coffee
from
a
machine
and
some
boring
snacks.
The
U9
bus
comes
straight
into
the
hospital
from
Uxbridge.
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