Patients at Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital rate their doctors and nurses above average, but have to wait longer to see a specialist or have an operation.
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The Bureau of Health Information (BHI) has released survey results reflecting the experiences of more than 17,000 patients who were admitted to 77 NSW public hospitals in 2018.
When the experiences of patients at Shoalhaven Hospital are compared to the average experience for patients in the health district, or the average experience for patients at similar hospitals across NSW, two things are clear.
Patients in Nowra value the work of the doctors and nurses who treat them.
They're 8 per cent more likely to say their doctors were "very good", and 6 per cent more likely to say the same about their nurses, than the average for the health district.
They're also 8 per cent more likely to have to wait more than a month to see a specialist, and 17 per cent more likely to have to wait more than a month to be admitted to hospital after a specialist has recommended surgery, than is average for the health district.
Shoalhaven patients were 7 per cent less likely to rate hospital food as "very good" than patients at similar-sized hospitals, with just 13 per cent rating their meals highly.
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