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Share ideas for making waiting rooms in hospitals and GP surgeries less onerous

Marianne72

Lately, I've spent a large amount of time in hospital and GP waiting rooms - this is to do with ageing also putting on weight. I ought to pay for a season ticket for my own chair Slight smile. The main difficulties I have with waiting are bustle, sounds, boredom, too many people I don't know, the waste of time. How could waiting rooms be made positive or useful? These are my ideas but please share yours - the more outlandish the better:

1. muscle stimulating devices attached to each chair, to 'exercise' arms and legs

2. community jigsaw puzzle for visitors to help complete

3. ditto knitting or crocheting squares for charity blankets 

4. a points system [like supermarkets] allowing you to upgrade waiting times, get a prize - pack of vitamin B or D, or hospital lottery ticket

Parents

  • Just received this response from the radiology team: 'If you need to come again please speak to the receptionist as it would have been possible to move you through to the ultrasound department prior to your appointment where there is another very small waiting area that would have been quieter than the main waiting area for you.' I find this very positive - so it is worth giving feedback!

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  • Just received this response from the radiology team: 'If you need to come again please speak to the receptionist as it would have been possible to move you through to the ultrasound department prior to your appointment where there is another very small waiting area that would have been quieter than the main waiting area for you.' I find this very positive - so it is worth giving feedback!

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