General Hospital A&E southampton

Fantastic. Really kind. Slightly concerned that we're leaving reviews for the NHS. Just brilliant. I'm so pleased I live in a country where health care is how we have it.

Not their problem. Go see your GP.

Quite possibly the doctors and nurses saved my life on 2nd Feb 2019.I was seen immediately after a referral from my gp who told me to get to a&e by taxi,and straight away.The medical staff told me there was a danger of me having a stroke,or worse until they could read my ECG and get my blood pressure below 200.So many blood pressure tests and i thought so many happy thoughts but i couldn't get it down.The unit was full up with patients,some very ill.I know what a crash cart is used for,and heard the tannoy calling for them and a crash team more than once to help people.It means someone is close to dying.I was in a&e from 8pm until 11am in the morning becuse that's how long it took to get me stable.People complain but the helicopter deck was in use and i heard there were 8 ambulances outside.There were lots of road accident victims and i was very aware after midnight it was a Friday night and getting busy.......I would imagine some people died,not through neglect because the staff really really care and try very hard.I was lucky and if the nurse at my gp surgery hadn't taken my blood pressure i might be either dead or suffering a stroke and vital organ failure.The a&e are overstretched and i personally would struggle mentally to do their jobs. To the staff of Accident and Emergency,if you read this,a simple thank you doesn't seem to cut it.I was lucky,the ECG said no major organ damage.All i can give you is the biggest thank you imaginable.Thank you.

Disaster service. You will die before some one sees you. Shame on taxes payers money .. I have waited over 8 hours with a 1 months old baby. Disgusting disgusting. What a shame for Uk hospitals! Very advanced technology but still waiting 8 hours with a 1 months baby.

Arrived at children's A and E tonight after being told to attend with my 16 year old with chest pains arrived at 11.15pm in children's cubicle waiting area now at 3.15am to be told there are 9 more people in front of us we will be here another 4 hrs minimum before we are seen so 8 hrs with chest pains. Staff are obviously busy but 6/8 of them sat at the desk laughing and talking doesn't help anxious patients . What is happening to our good old NHS I know Doctors are to blame for a lot of this due to not seeing patients but this is dire !!!

To amazing drs and nurses who work tirelessly at the hospital thank you so much. The radiologists, receptionists, engineers, cleaners and everyone else who I missed thank you … The wait is a tad long but you will get seen too in the end. They can only do their best with what they have and believe me it’s non stop in there.

Worst service provided by the staff to people without GP registration. Made to sit on a chair in the hospital premises for more than 5 hours providing with just 3 biscuits to eat. This is not at all expected from a general hospital. They are supposed to treat patients with care.

Top quality care but a nightmare to access if you are unable walk around the hospital building as the A&E entrance is at the opposite side of the huge building from the car park. If you do need to drive to the entrance of accident and emergency, ignore the signage for accident and emergency! Follow Tremona Road to the main entrance and take an immediate left to the car park, but stay in the left lane. You should see the red and green building with child and adult entrances directly in front of you. This is A&E. There is a very limited number of unofficial 'drop off' spaces there, but drop off is quick. Exit the hospital complex turn left to get back to Tremona Road entrance for parking.

Pleasure to visit the children's emergency unit tonight. Concerned after my little girl has vomited 6 times in one hour, I head towards the hospital as a responsabile parent. On arrival I see 8, maybe 10 other children waiting to be seen and I say to miself 'looks alright, it shouldn't take long'. After one hour of waiting, a lovely nurse sees the child and tell us a phrase that I could swear she repeated so many times before ' the waiting time to see a doctor is at least 4 hours, could be more depending on the complexity of cases'. Wondering how can it take 5 hours to see 10 children in an emergency unit, I say politely 'Thank you' and take a seat in the waiting room. Thru the 3 more hours we spent in the waiting room, and our child experiencing sickness at least 4 more times, I could see the atmosphere was relaxed and staff members on duty were spending a not to busy night. I had to wonder miself again ' was this unit experiencing a period of high demand?!' 4 hours are gone and we are invited to come in (4 hours, not 3 or 5, one could say that nurse is more precise than a Swiss watch) Happy that our child will be seen after 4 hours of waiting, we step in and we state the reason for the visit. Immediately I am being asked (that's it? Sickness only?) . I answer yes, state the frecvency of the sickness episodes and after being given a surprising look I am invited in another saloon where guess what, I am asked to wait a little more. After another hour of waiting and noticing that there isn't much happening around me, I ask a staff member if someone can actually see the child (4am). By this time, the sickness has stopped, a lovely GP visits, listened to the chest and quickly states that the cause of the sickness is a common virus which goes around around this period. Evrika! Bless the Lord! It took almost 6 hours of waiting and a stethoscope to deliver a very 'complex' diagnosis. After this experience, i do have to ask miself a few questions: 1. If this is a period of high demand, with 10 children in the waiting room and not very complex cases, are you entitled to be concerned regarding the quality of care this Hospital provides considering? 2 Do the staff members have any empathy for the children and parents spending 6 hours on a chair in order to have a chest listened to? It certainly didn't feel like. 3 Is this all an emergency unit in a university hospital can manage? 10 patients in 6 hours? In a city of 250000 people? Not impressed at all folks.