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Comment on the split site
148 In addition to the organisational effects of the split site on the Social Services Department set out earlier, social workers also commented on the effect of the split site on their work.
`I do not recall any significant problems with the split site in relation to discharging my responsibilities.' [183]
150 Mr Dunford contrasted facilities at the two sites:
`At the Children's Hospital parents had accommodation and support of other families. It was a child centred environment. This was not available for them at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. It was difficult for parents if children were admitted straight to the Bristol Royal Infirmary as they appeared to miss out on some of the pre-operative preparation.' [184]
`We tried to liaise between the BRI social work team and the BCH team - usually but not always successfully. I think the difficulties resulted from the amount of pressure everyone was under. I remember that the BRI social workers had a far more limited amount of Samaritan Fund money to give to families than these same families were used to receiving from the BCH social workers and they were sometimes made to feel they were seen as unhelpful by some families.' [185]
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Footnotes
[183] WIT 0402 0003 Mr Patrick Smith
[184] WIT 0384 0006 Mr Dunford
[185] WIT 0487 0015 Dr McMullen