How to thank hospital staff?

maisie_debs

Hi

I want to say thank you to all who were involved in looking after my dad when he was rushed to hospital recently. I want to thank everyone from the person who took the 999 call, the ambulance staff, all in A&E, theater & ICU and anyone else who did their very best to try and save him and I wondered if any hospital staff could give me any ideas on how best I could do this.

Do I send chocolates and biscuits or fruit baskets or something else? I just want them to know how much their efforts were appreciated and want t do something nice for them.

Thanks in advance for any replies, I really appreciate you taking the time to help.

Ich_2

Flowers are banned in a lot of hospitals. but any of the above would work.
I've got a few boxes of chocolates (Heros, Celebrations etc) and a card for the department that has been treating me for the last 4 weeks

A letter to senior staff does no harm either

Tropez

A thank you note and perhaps a donation to the relevant hospital/department?

My partner is a former nurse and she once told me that whenever she was asked how someone could thank her she would tell them that a donation to the hospital is what she would prefer.

inkie

I worked as a nurse/midwife for many years (now a vicar!). Many people brought biscuits and chocolates as thank you's. These were always appreciated and never expected. A real lovely gift that we had one time was a large fruit basket. What would be a lovely thing to do would be a selection of hand creams for use by staff on the ward. All that essential handwashing can be drying on the hands and so would be a bit of a pamper for them.

time2deal

I recently was in hospital for cancer and the team were wonderful. I don't think I could thank them all enough, but as a token I sent this.

http://www.theuniquegiftstore.co.uk/shop/product.php?id_product=678

Someone had sent me one, and I had it in my hospital room to much compliments. Thankfully I've not had to go back in, but hopefully they liked it!

coolcait

Lots of good ideas for gifts - which I can't really add to.

However, I do completely agree with the suggestion that you write to senior staff/management with your praise of all the staff involved, and your thanks for all their efforts.

It's good for management to be told how good their staff are .

And people generally appreciate the fact that someone took the time to send that letter/email.

It doesn't have to be anything long or fancy. In fact, the first few lines of your OP are a heartfelt and eloquent tribute to the efforts of all those involved, and I'm sure that those words would be appreciated and treasured by those involved.

Person_one

A heartfelt card is always really nice and will often be kept for a long time and re-read.

While chocolates are always appreciated, nurses can get chocolate fatigue a bit! A relative once brought in a load of really lovely fresh breakfast stuff (croissants, pain au chocolat, danish pastries, nice coffee etc.) and that was talked about for months!

meritaten

My OH was treated recently in a department of a hospital which I think is a right dump. except here they are a shining example of how a department SHOULD be run. he has to go back on Thursday for a final visit and we will be taking a large tin of Celebrations and a Thank you card (to add to the dozens on the dept notice board).

meritaten

Person_one wrote: »

A heartfelt card is always really nice and will often be kept for a long time and re-read.

While chocolates are always appreciated, nurses can get chocolate fatigue a bit! A relative once brought in a load of really lovely fresh breakfast stuff (croissants, pain au chocolat, danish pastries, nice coffee etc.) and that was talked about for months!

That's a really nice idea Person-one! am trying to calculate how many staff now - I think it may be too many for this, but will try to think outside the box................would home made cupcakes go down well? I can do a couple of dozen before we go!

pc1271

People are all to quick to write a letter of complaint, so it's nice to receive a thank-you letter.

Person_one

meritaten wrote: »

That's a really nice idea Person-one! am trying to calculate how many staff now - I think it may be too many for this, but will try to think outside the box................would home made cupcakes go down well? I can do a couple of dozen before we go!

Ooh, absolutely! Great idea.