Don't worry it's been like that for hours.

Definitely not and i would have stated that! I know that our hospitals are very often understaffed and low on funds but that is in no way acceptable! If I got nowhere by telling them about it I would look up the number for the chairman of the health authority and let them know about it as well as the fact that you would be willing to go to the press - I bet something would be done then! xxx

I might have asked why it was still like that if the staff knew. It's really not acceptable. So there may have not been a cleaner about but health and hygiene is not, and should not, be beneath anyone. If that receptionist jad gone to the toilet and knew there was something wrong, she should have informed someone immediately. And if no one was available, surely she could have done it herself. I know if I was that receptionist, I would not want to use such a place and I certainly wouldn't expect it of anyone else. What does it say about the rest of the hospital? I think your wife should be grateful that she only had to have an x-ray and not injections or anything. I know the hospitals near me aren't known for their cleanliness but even they have clean toilets.

OMG, that is so gross!! that would so not be acceptable where i am from. I mean yeah once in a while there trash my smell, but they have people cleaing that bathroom up every hour. I don't think i have ever been in a hospital bathroom that was grossed out like that

It wouldn't and it isn't. At least in the hospitals in my area. With masses of people going to hospitals there are always germs. An infection can be caught from all the sickness. But here, hospitals are regulated and it is made sure that they are as clean as possible. It isn't acceptable to have filth anywhere in a public place especially in a hospital. You are supposed to go to hospitals to get well not to get sicker. Sounds like something major has to be done over there to rectify that situation.

That is disgusting, I don't think it would be acceptable anywhere in the country. The thing is that the NHS has limited funds and limited people although the toilets being in this sort of state must be of a reasonable high priority, but people's lives are also priorities and if people are looking after the sick then they are not tidying the toilets. If the NHS is paying for more doctors and nurses then they are paying for less cleaners and maintenance people. Although I think this is disgusting, it is a matter of priorities, maybe since the toilets are in such a state, the cleaners have been busy in the wards where the patience are lying in a more vulnerable state.

I agree. Something needs to be done in our hospitals. It doesnt help with people coming over from different countries to use our NHS and using up all the money when they should be treated in there our countries. Im all for helping people in need but the state of the UK today is getting ridiculous. Im also sick of putting on crime watch and nearly everyone on the wanted list is an illegal immigrant. My friend was murder by an illegal immigrant, and hes now tucked away nicly in our prisons, being fed, playing pool giving access to the internet and play stations. Its getting beyond a joke. He will be sent home after his sentence, which lets face it only be about 5 years (for MURDER). He should be sent home and put in his own countries prison, not given playstations as a reward for taking away an 18 year olds life in the horrfic way he did.

Our local hospital has always been nice and clean whenever I've been to it, either as a visitor or patient. There was rather a lot of news on the telly about our local hospital recently, apparently it was one of the ones with the highest mortality rate. They've taken steps to make the wards even cleaner now. The doctors and nurses have to use a special hand cleaner and even the visitors have to wash their hands in the special hand cleaner before they're allowed onto wards. Apparently some doctors didn't even think to wash their hands after they'd been to the toilet! (And that's not just at the aforementioned hospital). I wash my hands regularly, whether they need it or not.

OMG that would just disgust the hell out of me and her response would have not only infuriated me but also disturbed me to no end ..ITS A HOSPITAL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD..how could that be taken so casually?? Unbelievable..

It might be the situation on the day,as the errand boy could not have turned on. Hi friend, have you noticed the what the receptionist told your wife, " It is the situation since morn" and not for ever. And as regards the comment given by fellow Indian,Indiapedi, i disagree with him, the way he described has given a wrong notion about the entire country, India. Probably he has not visited many clean hospitals are surroundings. Why go hither and thither, the town where i live is "called as the garbage free town". It was certified with ISO 9002 certificate. And as regards hospital there are lots of hospital providing great services to mankind, without sticking on to the money aspect. And certainly he would not have heard hospitals like "Super Specialty Hospital, where every thing is free. Free heart surgeries are performed, at nil cost. I repeat at nil cost. so, as of this topic i feel that this situation that you have witnessed in the hospital is an exceptional one. have a good time.

Restrooms in hospitals should be clean. It's a wonder people don't like to go to hospitals unless absolutely necessary. They're afraid of catching something. I don't like hospitals too because of the sense of disease and ailment that seems to hang in the air. Hospitals should try and reassure the public it is safe to go to a hospital. A dirty restroom inspires no confidence.

It's certainly unacceptable, but it's still a better situation than many find themselves facing. Those who walk miles and miles to the nearest medical centre only to find it's out of basic supplies would probably be thrilled to bits to be faced with a dirty bathroom!

The large hospital A and E department toilets are terrible in our main hospitals..so hard to believe that things could be left to slip like this.They are littered with the remains of everyones leftovers and have tissue strewn about them ..little wet patches on the floors ..no imaginatio needed there...and I had to go in to Queens Med with Mum once and I could not believe my eyes!!..she went to the loo and unfortunatly she felt really poorly in there ..and she slid off of the loo onto the floor,so I pilled the cord ..only to find that there was no bleep!!the damn cord wasnt working ..so in the meantime an elderly lady lays on the floor..rolling in pain..and im torn between leaving her..as she is saying..Dont leave me!!and going to fetch someone..then a nurse sals by and says...Do you need help?...Oh thats an understatement!!so she comes in to help me...by that time I was nearly screaming with frustration!!But the main thing is that they had got Mum out of that loo and back into bed...but im not joking..they were in a disgraceful state.

It is not acceptable to me but it appears to be acceptable to others.. When did we become a country of filthy pigs?? I can go to a bathroom and leave it in the same condition that it was when I came in.. I may leave a droplet or two of water on the faucet as a result of washing my hands, but that is about all.. Somehow, people have forgotten how to be clean and respectful of the property of others.. I have went into public wahsrooms and came out almost gagging, there is no excuse for being filthy.. It makes you wonder what peoples bathrooms look like at their homes.. I do not find this acceptable, I am not a perfectionist but I do believe people need to take a course in school about "Using a Public Restroom, 101" It is no wonder that there is such an appalling record of in-hospital contagious infections..

Sadly, p1kef1sh, I don't think things are much better in Australia either. Our hospitals have wonderful caring staff who are very overworked - but many of the buildings are sadly neglected and the budget has been cut for staffing and cleaning. People are on waiting lists for a very long time, and the situation doesn't seem to be improving. It's not acceptable - but nothing's being done. I hope your wife's xray went well in the end.

It shouldn't e acceptable anywhere but our local hospital is the same. No wonder people are frightened of catching worse illness while in hospital than they have when they go in.

Hi there p1kef1sh, that is also very common to our Government Hospital and I know the problem also can be blamed to the user, not everyone knows how to clean the toilet before they leave and it's an endless problem..I know the maintenance tried their best but to think a lot of irresponsible users are there so, it is truly a sad scene since we all know it's not healthy plus conducive to the people around!

I sure hope that this would never be acceptable where I live. I already have a phobia of germs. There is one hospital out here that have had at least one unsanitary condition everytime I have gone to the emergency room. I will not name the hospital because it is very popular and in a nice neighborhood. But they really need to be much cleaner. To me, the hospital should consistantly be the cleanest place in town. Wouldn't you agree?

I stay out of hospitals at all cost so I cannot comment but anytime I was ever forced to be a guest I was happy with the cleanliness of my surroundings. The hospital here has a nasty habit of killing it's patients with faulty medical practices not overflowing trash cans in the bathroom :)

Hi Pikefish, This is totally unacceptable and I would be writing a letter of complaint re this as upon entering the hospital we are expected to cleanse our hands before entering etc and yet they keep the toilets in this state. In fact Jacob was in hospital for a week last year and in isolation and I and only one nurse was ever seen to use the hand cleaner upon entering his room, I never saw antone else do this not even the consultants and they wonder why MRAS is rife???? Me being me sent off a wonderful letter thanking the nurse for his care and also another complaining about the lack of hygiene. Ellie :D

hi pikefish this is an interesting topic as my local hospital has a sign in the various restrooms notify such and such if this restroom is not orderly at all times. and I will say in the few times I have been hospitalized there the restrooms are really quite neat with empty wastebaskets and everything looks washed and clean which I thought for a public place just wonderfully 'remarkable. so they really do try. I do not know what their rating is in the local hospitals but I think I have lucked out in my hmo must go to hospital for they are in the top category too. So no for Western Medical Center the restrooms must be clean at all times and the patient care there is really wonderful I had no complaints at all. Now the county hospital from what I have read has its big problems like staph infections etc. I am so glad I do not have to use the county facility. lol.