To be furious

Yes. It. Is.

But you keep telling yourself lies. Wales gets its funding from central government. Don't be ridiculous please..

YANBU but only if you didn't keep on voting the Tories in because they deliberately destroyed our NHS and it was obvious that they were going to do that.

You can't expect the new government to fix it overnight.

I wanted the Tories out many years ago. Others felt differently, kept voting them back in and now this is what we've got.

Not being able to drive isn’t a reason to call an ambulance though. It’s not a taxi.

I can’t believe you’re returning to this thread to argue with people at 6 in the morning while your DD is in hospital.

I hope your daughter is ok, repeated seizures ate petrifying.

Yes I would have driven my child in an emergency even if I felt unwell

No I don't drink if I'm the only adult in the house

This is a parenting issue not a political one

(And the worst run NHS group in the country is the one in Wales which has been run by Labour for years. The NHS problem is not a Tories one)

Really, even if she was having seizures and you were feeling really unwell? I wouldn’t …

Also how is your dd now?

@Threelittleduck that is appalling and I can't believe how dismissive and rude other posters are being. When my dd used to have seizures I was told by multiple doctors that due to the pattern of her seizures I should call an ambulance and I mustn't attempt to drive her myself. Your dd was clearly in need of an ambulance and it's disgusting that one wasn't available. If it's anything like round here they will all be queued up outside a&e unable to discharge their patients because there aren't enough staff on a weekend to deal with them.

Hope your DD gets the help she needs x

If my daughter was having an actual medical emergency of course I would drive with covid / a bit of dizziness. It's amazing what you can do when you have to.

This is a bit strange. There has always been situations where people have to get themselves to hospital.

I remember, when DS was very young and asleep, bundling DH on an uber and worryingly tracking him all the way there. Then keeping him on thr phone until I knew he was in the waiting room, and not fainted in the car patk somewhere.

It was scary, but 111 had made clear he needed to go hospital but the situation didn't warrant an ambulance.

It feels a little bit of an unfair expectation to put on the health service, where there are two parents, granted one drunk and one a bit woozy.

How is your daughter?

Yes, there are issues with the NHS. But I personally wouldn’t be alive today without them. Whilst hopefully the system does begin to improve, we always have to be grateful for what we have.

I also have no understanding why you couldn’t have taken a taxi if truly too unwell to drive. Equally if you were so unwell, why on earth did your partner drink? Someone has to be a responsible parent!

i really hope )our daughter gets the help she needs.

Hope your daughter is ok xx

I put my hand up as another one who thinks the op sees the ambulance as a free taxi. How dizzy do you really get the day after a Covid jab let’s be honest? The nhs is also on its knees because so many people in the country take the absolute piss with its services.

I wouldn’t be on mumsnet if my daughter was having seizures. Take a towel in the taxi in case of accidents or drive slowly yourself. Do anything, something!

Strange how in the space of 7 minutes the ambulance arrived but you were still checking and replying to a mumsnet thread.

You know taxis don't want people seizing in their taxi right? They certainly don't want people urinating in their either

Sorry, you can't get dressed but you can post a thread and then engage with those who respond to you?

I had three seizures on one day, @Threelittleduck— then never again. They could never figure out why or what happened.
I hope your daughter has a similar experience and I hope she’ll be okay.
Sending love.

At the risk of going slightly off piste - RR has said they need to raise £40bn to keep services standing still. I wouldn’t be holding my breath that any budget can raise much more than that (even if they can get that much), so I don’t think they will be funding any improvements in services any time soon.

@Threelittleduck

Ambulance is here now.

• So strange how you are on here while the ambulance is there.

Even when the ambulance comes you'll want to be dressed as you'll be in hospital a long time at the other end too

Honestly, in an emergency don’t worry about getting dressed. I saw many people in many states of dress over the years both as patients, and the person bringing them in. No one gives a shit, they just don’t. It’s not unreasonable as the reason you are there is in the name ‘emergency’, and in true emergencies it’s expected that people just go, via ambulance or other means in whatever state they are in when the emergency occurs. If there is time to dilly dally getting changed then the term ‘emergency’ becomes questionable. I once overheard people (non staff) loudly sneering at someone else in the line at the coffee stand who was wearing pj’s. Pretty obviously someone who had accompanied someone during the previous night, or a patient who came in the night at some point and subsequently discharged. Let’s just say they’ll never do that again.