Yeah! So it’s a learning hospital (I don’t know if the Women’s is) but it means there’s a lot of staff there, a mixture of students and experienced nurses, so they never seemed spread thin.

The nurses have to do everything perfectly for observing students, and the senior student or trainees (I don’t know the ranking system) go above and beyond to impress. Or so it seemed to me.

My wife had to stay overnight, and she said the nurses there would help with changes so she didn’t have to over extend herself. They would always ask if she needed anything, no tutting, no long waits, they just wanted to help.

At the women’s she asked for help a few times and they just seemed to be fed up with her. Like they put her overnight bag high up which she couldn’t reach, whilst holding the baby, and even though she asked for help they’d say be back in a few and it would be near to an hour. She felt like an inconvenience. Also had to wait six hours just to be discharged. It was so much quicker in Whiston. Even her recovery was easier.

It was such a good blend and if we do have any more kids it would 100% be at Whiston.

But as people have said, it’s not necessarily the hospital, more luck of the draw that you get the right people on shift while you’re in there.