Birmingham City Hospital Reviews Summary

Category: Government hospital

Address: Dudley Rd, Birmingham, B18 7QH, United Kingdom

Phone: +441215531831

Rating: 3.2
based on 323 reviews.

Staff Attitude

Pros:

  • "The staff is good and caring."
  • "The care my son received was above and beyond."
  • "The nurses, x-ray department, porters, CT are lovely, fantastic beside manners, can't fault them."
  • "The staff in the A & E department were fantastic. They treated me with great kindness whilst remaining skilful and professional."
  • "Every member of staff from car park assistant to doctor was so helpful."
  • "The staff on ward D25 where kind professional and very caring from the domestic staff to the nurses, the wonderful anesthetic guys and surgeons and everyone in between."
  • "All the nurses and surgeons were so nice and friendly, informing me every step of the way."

Cons:

  • "Absolutely vile staff!"
  • "The worst staff I ever seen, they were really racists."
  • "Staff only called patients once in the waiting area if you miss your name you have to knock the door and staff were rude about it."
  • "The doctor was rude, arrogant and was sitting and chatting with other staff while we, the patients waited patiently to be seen."
  • "The nurses in the ward that I was moved too were so rude towards me."
  • "Staffs behaviour is disgusting so rude towards u!"
  • "The staff was very rude towards me for not having the vaccine."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Great facilities from start to end."
  • "The wards were clean, and Covid safety measures were in place."
  • "The birthing centres are fantastic facilities with everything we needed and more."
  • "The main hospital functions well and is clean, bearing in mind it was built in the 1800."
  • "The ward was spotlessly clean also."
  • "Hot and cold food and drinks are available."
  • "They are public restrooms to use also for disabled people they are separate bathrooms places often clean and tidy."

Cons:

  • "This place is very run down and outdated."
  • "It’s dirty and unclean."
  • "Hospital itself needs a deep clean. Not sanitary at all."
  • "The room my daughter is in is filthy."
  • "the hospital isn't the cleanest of places either."
  • "The toilets are disgusting. There was sick on the waiting room floor."
  • "This hospital is filthy."

Patient Care and Experience

Pros:

  • "The care from the midwives and doctors was incredible at every stage."
  • "I was scared they reassured me, Vanessa held my hand."
  • "Whilst waiting to be treated I enjoyed an excellent cup of coffee and a superb sandwich from the machines in the waiting area."
  • "Everyone was so friendly and lovely and genuinely cared."
  • "The staff were fantastic - I was on a drip within 30 mins, and they quickly managed my pain and nausea."
  • "The Gynaecological team could not have been any better."
  • "After attending the surgical day unit today I can honestly say from the time I arrived to the time I left I couldn't have had better treatment."

Cons:

  • "Please dont trust the doctors i urge you to use your own instincts."
  • "Been here just over 5 hours and no one has seen this 71-year-old patient."
  • "Its hard to rest in there as the nurses are loud up to 3am."
  • "I went to incharge of nurse and i told her i cant feel well and i vomited again and again and she replied go back ur home."
  • "Didn't treat my dad very well he had all sorts of infections just left him to get worser."
  • "Terrible experience. No empathy or compassion during a difficult time.left me in a waiting room for over an hour with no updates."
  • "Very bad care provided. Sat and waited 3 hours not knowing they left us waiting in the wrong department!"

Accessibility and Convenience

Pros:

  • "Visiting the A/E Eye clinic with my wife who had been sent by her doctor. Though there was a queue at the reception she was dealt with quite quickly."
  • "It's probably best to have some kind of appointment, even if you're just visiting A&E."
  • "Plenty of parking if visiting and price is ok too."
  • "Seen very promptly last night after a fall, straight into X-ray, and soon after to doctor’s review."
  • "I was in accident and emergency couldn't believe how quickly i was seen."
  • "Today I went to A&E and I received quick & good service."
  • "The reception was so kind and had a welcoming attitude."

Cons:

  • "There is a multistorey car park available but this is not signposted very well."
  • "First off the signage of the hospital is garbage."
  • "One lift broken, escalator not working and at the of all that only a vending machine with disgusting tea."
  • "No confidentiality whatsoever they shout ‘why you here’? & asks personal information which everyone in the hospital corridor can hear!"
  • "No one seemed to know where the pain management department was."
  • "This place is massive, it doesn't look that big, there are so many different buildings it is very confusing."
  • "The best thing about this hospital is the carpark, no matter what section of the hospital you have to get to, there is only 1 massive carpark."

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