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Old age and the current state of local NHS emergency waits.

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Athame57:
This is madness Ted, perhaps you should have dialled 999? When I was taken in with pneumonia to the Royal London Hosptial a while back things happened rather quickly.

Oddjob:
Yeah me too. Straight out of the ambulance and straight into a bed, seen to almost immediately and as you know they went above and beyond for me.

Murf:
I have also had some excellent treatment and care from the NHS so I don’t want to knock it, however after what Ted has experienced I think best to give these urgent care units a miss and go straight to A&E.  A 3 day wait without any treatment sort of defeats the idea of urgent care.

exvalvesetdabbler:
Had a similar bad experience with 111.  Wife had a bad reaction to penicillin, doctor told her to stick with them. Phoned 111 about 2100 at night and was directed to the minor injuries unit to see a doctor. By that time I had to carry her in.  Doctor came to fetch her within 5 minutes and came to the same conclusion as I had.  He wrote a letter and told us to go straight to A-E as she was showing sepsis markers and it was urgent.Sat in the A+E waiting room together with all the drunks for 5 hours before being seen. Sat in a corridor for another hour before getting treatment.

Within a couple of hours of treatment she was nearly back to normal.

Regards
Dave

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I am a great supporter of the NHS having used their servces over the decades, I think my recent experience has shown how much pressure the hospitals are under.

I was discharged this evening, I return as an outpatient tommorow morning so they can issue some DOCCLA equipment to be remotely momitored at home with three visits Wed-Fri for some injections also given at home.

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