Maternity services
The Murray unit - spent a week at 15/16 weeks pregnant as I had kidney stones. Some of the staff were really supportive and explained what was going on, however others were rude. You could hear them talk about how unhappy they were since the merger of the sites. Made me feel like I was not pregnant enough so not important. I delivered in Eastbourne but had to be transferred back to Hastings , I Sat in a broken bed post delivery for hours, I was not checked or given the chance to wash, I had a new nurse who did not know the protocol for the ward, where things were and I felt for her, went to the bathroom, which was filthy and had a pool of blood on the floor, very little checking on me despite the blood loss, just left to get on with it, no-one asked if I needed help with breastfeeding or the baby and felt very alone especially at night. Took 8 hrs for them to get discharged papers as it was so busy and could hear conversations between nurses and doctors about how under pressure they where.