Royal Victoria Hospital 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA

"If I could, I would rate this hospital at minus. 12 hours sitting with the drunks being told that if I tried to leave the police would bring me back. I have not been out of my home since. I am a transplant patient and the drunks were maskless and up in everyone's faces. When finally seen, I was told that if the staff had called the mental health team would have been out within an hour! Would not go back if my head was hanging off."

"Extremely disappointed with our health service at this A&E department. Attended last night with my 18 year old son.... who had just turned 18 the previous day. He was in agony with left side upper abdominal pain. His tummy was swollen and a massive hard mass on the side that was sore. We waited for 7 hours 2 paracetamol for pain. The amount of drunk people who were being prioritised over older people and people obviously in pain was sickening. My son has autism and does not do well with lots of people being loud and drunken. He was getting panicked and was completely out of his comfort zone. He was so unwell and in pain the sitting on a hard seat for 7 hours being sick. At 5am I asked how much longer at that was 8 hours more wait. I had to just bring him home again and start all over again. 29th November .. review update. My son ended up being admitted the following vist to AED after emergency app the with GP confirmed a mass on his spleen. We went back to AED with a GP referral. Due to complications with a diagnosis he lay on a bed in a bay for 4 nights in AED. He had just turned 18 the previous day. This was horrifying for him. Unfortunately the staff a very overwhelmed with mental health, drug and alcohol dependent patients. This is bottle necking the system as there are no facilities for these issues. Honestly it was the same faces every other night with same issues. This was a long and drawn out episode and eye opening experience seeing what staff put up with. My son got diagnosed with a life threatening condition and was transferred to 7cc critical care. He was in hospital for 2 weeks. The care and respect from staff on 7cc was amazing. Absolutely fantastic team. His care is ongoing and he's a long road ahead. For every grateful to the team on 7cc x"

"In attending the RVH recently during Covid-19 Pandemic I had the opportunity to walk the old Victorian Corridor which the original wards would have all connected to. I can remember visiting patients on this corridor as a child over 50years ago. The corridor walls are dotted with pictures and information of the nurses, doctors and benefactors who committed so much to the RVH long before NHS was formed. At the end of the corridor stands the best and most telling representation of what the building is about: The Good Samaritan window presented initially to The Belfast Royal Hospital in 1886 by Dr William Whitia. A beautiful representation of what the (any) hospital and its workers are about. We the general population have in my life time never been more aware of this than in recent weeks. Thank you to all of our hospital workers."

"Appointments are very fast. But the car park is serious for getting a parking spot. I had to wait nearly an hour to get a parking spot. But other than that it has excellent service. It has a good shop on the ground floor just past the front doors. But leave in plenty of time for parking."