Oh ouch Vic - that must have been so painful. Glad to hear you're on the mend now.
I've been attending Ashford, Kent and Canterbury and Buckland recently as an out patient and I too have nothing but praise for all three.
On Monday I had an appointment at K&C and whilst waiting, a chap came round asking all waiting if they would like a coffee, tea or squash, what a caring thing for the hospital to do. I actually left the hospital at the time my appointment was! Personally I have never had a bad experience at any of these three hospitals, never been to QEQM so can't comment on that one.
Also a big thank you and praise for our first response and paramedics. I recently had to dial 999 following a scare at home and they were so kind. They arrived really quickly and treated me well - wonderful people.
In this day and age isn't it nice to give praise rather than moaning. Long live our NHS!

There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".