With all the negative press about hospitals, I thought I would just sing the praises of Solihull hospital this week.

I visited my doctor on Monday (22.01.07) morning as I have been suffering from lower back pain for a while and it had just started to get worse.  She suggested I had an x-ray on my lower back and completed a form to be sent to the hospital.

By Thursday, the same week,  I had received a letter from Solihull hospital inviting me for an x-ray on Saturday (27.01.07).

My appointment was for 3.00 pm and despite having to use the A & E entrance, which meant that potentially, people who had injured themselves and needed urgent x-rays, may have been seen before me, I was seen, x-rayed and out of the hospital by 3.20 pm.

How brilliant was that!