King Edward Memorial Hospital 374 Bagot Road, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008

"Not even worth half a star to be honest. By all means my wife and I got to know many of wonderful up and coming young nurses and midwife’s there with the most delightful enthusiasm in them and the younger staff. But to be honest, it does not help that this institute that labels itself as a “women’s hospital” where it feels more like a women’s prison by the senior staff that are routinely rude to younger nursing staff and most disgustingly, towards my wife and patients. Guess this comes with it being a post-colonial Institute with many Poms filtering in to the state through such nursing institutions in the UK. I just really would like for the day that this country/state understands that we don’t need the Poms in this era the way some lingering institutes from the post-colonial era bring in"

"I had a problematic pregnancy and if it weren’t for the staff and treatment I got for myself and the baby, it would have been a much more stressful situation. From the ultrasound clinic to the c section surgery to the NICU. All staff were fantastic and so warm and welcoming. I will be going back here next baby we have and not JHC."

"The staff was exceptionally helpful and pleasant to interact with. Would not hesitate to recommend this place and will definitely visit again. We needed to get our serology and MRSA screening done, so we headed there. You will have access to excellent services throughout your whole stay at the facility."

"2018 I had my first child. I had one amazing midwife. She was Scottish and forgive me I have forgotten your name. Almost four days of labour and many more in recovery and you are the only one that impacted my birth and recovery positively. The first midwife asked me about my pain relief plan and I told her I would like to avoid an epidural. Over a day later I wasn’t progressing at all. I had drugs and manual intervention during this time. I was exhausted and my pain was more than I could manage. I asked for the epidural and I was made to give consent multiple times and questioned as to why I wanted the pain relief. It was torture. After I finally received the epidural two days later I went through an extremely traumatic c-section where they removed my husband and I didn’t get to hold my baby for hours after. I was exhausted in recovery, receiving oxygen, a blood transfusion, I had a balloon inserted to stop the bleeding. My husband was so tearful when I came back to the room because no one updated him…all the midwife could say to me was(this was the same midwife that made me beg for pain relief) ‘you shouldn’t have gotten the epidural’. It made me feel like it was all my fault for my traumatic birth. I was so in and out of it for the next two two days. A battle axe of a nurse told me she was going to take my baby away because I was feeding her to much. My baby girl would scream and scream. As a first time mom I didn’t know she was simply hungry. No one offered me a bottle of formula, they just made it seem that a baby should scream all the time, that their lips should crack and bleed from dehydration, that they should suffer jaundice all in the name of breast milk. I was told it could be weeks before I could feed my baby because of how much blood I lost yet no one gave me options. I had to sign a waiver saying I was harming my baby by giving them formula. This was almost as traumatic as the fact that I almost died. If it wasn’t for the one kind midwife I would give this hospital negative stars."

"I was in hospital for a procedure from Wednesday to Friday I will commend all staff as they all are outstanding in their care. They all are very professional and lovely people. All staff were very caring, compassionate and knew their jobs. When I was wheeled into theatre I was wondering if it was theatre or a group of people in a holiday camp there were smiles everywhere in theatre and it took the horrible pressure I was being tormented by. It was great to be wheeled in to theatre and coming face to face with a very professional, caring and compassionate group of staff and the op they did on me was outstanding and painless and still is and no stinging to this day. I am so happy with the outcome of my surgery and the lovely care I received from all staff before, during and after my op. The whole hospital deserves certificates of the highest award possible."