Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

I go for regular check ups for thyroid cancer as I have a lump on my neck that they monitor. I get bloods done every 3 months too. They have taken good care of me. The original consultant retired and the new one looks after me.

I had surgery in the ENT department 6 weeks ago. I waited 4 - 5 months for the initial appointment, but they were good, good day surgery, pharmacy were good. The follow up appointment today has been good.

I had my catheter changed there today and the lady that did it was lovely, she was quick and lovely, had a lovely conversation with her.

I've had 4 bleeds on the brain and the Neurology department have been okay. I kept blacking out alot, they are trying to find out the cause but its taking a bit of time.

They're okay for some things. I have prostate cancer and they said there'd be a follow up and I've been waiting a year as my consultant has gone back to India. I spoke with the secretary and she's trying to chase it up but nothing.

I'm waiting for my pacemaker to be changed and I have to go between here and Good Hope, and they say there's no issue with my heart after all of my siblings and dad died from heart issues.

The dermatology department prescribed medication to be picked up today from the Pharmacy inside. It was ready really quickly, no long waits or having to come back which works well. Services are in touch with each other and the system flows well.

The dermatology department has been fine, 5 minutes wait for the appointment and I've been in and come out.

He's under the endoscopy department and had his 23rd procedure recently which is part of the monitoring process for Barrett's Oesophagus. He has pre cancerous cells in his oesophagus. Been under the service for 5 years, did have a delay with his appointment but was more to do with husbands lung cancer diagnosis, and was more to make sure monitoring process could go ahead. Communication between the Queen Elizabeth hospital, Russell's Hall and New Cross Hospital could do with being a bit better. Queen Elizabeth is a wonderful hospital, they're just superb and he's been very very well looked after.

Went for physiotherapy. It took a long time to be referred to the department, it was about 6 weeks and I also did pain management. Consultant told me to go and that was fine. The actual care and physio was good, just a long wait when you're in pain.