And to wonder how common our situation is?
Spending Easter at my Dsis about 250 miles from our home. On Tuesday DS aged 9 fell and quite badly scrapped his bum on some wood in the garden. It bled quite badly and looked as if there might be some splinters or something in it. DSis phoned their GP for an appointment with either doctor or nurse and first one offered was April 13th! She was told to bring him to the walk in clinic instead.
We got him to the docs but when I explained he wasn't registered with them, we were told they wouldn't see him (despite the fact they could see how distressed and in pain he was).
They obviously just wanted rid of us and their suggestion was wait until we get home (6 days later) or a&e (there isn't a minor injuries unit nearby).
So we pitch up at a&e, triage nurse was initially a bit shirty as to why we were there with such a minor-ish injury but once I explained she said we weren't the first people she sees in our situation.
We had to wait nearly 6 hours (as DS obviously wasn't a priority) and the doctor and nurse that cleaned and dressed his wound were great .
Surely there should be some sort of reciprocal arrangement with GPs so that the a&es don't get clogged up?
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To think this might be why so many people end up in a&e when shouldn't
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wineoclockthanks · 31/03/2016 16:05
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