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97 Yr old Gran waiting 8 hours for an ambulance with a broken hip!

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LoveCherryTree · 26/11/2024 20:08

My Gran, 97 years of age, given to this country in World War, paid her taxes and NI all her life. She fell today in her home at 12pm, she has a broken hip, my Father called 999 and it is now 8pm and still no ambulance.
She can’t go to the loo as she can’t get up, my Father who has Parkinson’s and my Uncle, who has throat cancer, both in their 70’s, sitting with her.
This country is broken beyond repair, I even tried to get a private ambulance and they said that it won’t make a difference because all the front line ambulances are sat at the hospital with patients inside because they can’t get them into the hospitals….I despair, so it’s better for my 97 year old Gran to be in agony and wet herself, I just can’t believe it! Anyone know a member of parliament I can talk to about this? I’m utterly disgusted!

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BIossomtoes · 26/11/2024 21:01

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It wasn’t.

DanielaDressen · 26/11/2024 21:00

I seem to recall either a thread on here last year or somewhere else where after 72 hours of waiting with an elderly relative on the floor they borrowed or bought a spinal board and moved the relative onto it and transported them via a van to hospital and carried her into a&e. Terrible.

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LoveCherryTree · 26/11/2024 21:00

Stressedafff · 26/11/2024 20:52

Wondered that myself.

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Because this country should give back to my Gran, she’s served this country and she deserves its utmost respect, she’s paid into the system and there are a lot that haven’t and get better treatment! You’re blind if you don’t think that!

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TuesdayTea · 26/11/2024 20:59

MumblesParty · 26/11/2024 20:52

Too many people in the country unfortunately. Resources can’t cope.

The people I know who work in the NHS say it’s mainly due to wasted resources and the whole of the NHS being badly managed and structured. They’re convinced even with the number of people in the country, it could cope much better if it was better set up.

CarnivoreCam · 26/11/2024 20:58

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WestwardHo1 · 26/11/2024 20:58

BIossomtoes · 26/11/2024 20:56

It was awful under labour too.

It wasn’t.

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No. No it wasn't.

ohwhataluvverly · 26/11/2024 20:58

FloralGums · Today 20:31

The Tories totally screwed up the NHS. It will take years for Labour to fix it sadly

A big massive part of this is not Tories or Labour messing, it's over population including mass migration over stretching services intended for far,far fewer people- which instead of anyone actually getting to grips with, the Labour party deal with by encouraging it and encouraging more house building. It's crazy.

There are other factors too like loss of European work force and loss of good workers demoralised by the fact they cant provide good care because the overstretching means they are understaffed.

but by far the biggest problem is too many people trying to use a free service intended and funded for far fewer.

I hope you gran gets seen soon @LoveCherryTree I can't imagine how distressing that must be.

WestwardHo1 · 26/11/2024 20:58

I'm so sorry. You're poor poor gran.

It's such a bloody scandal 😡

cassgate · 26/11/2024 20:57

Mil waited 22 hours for an ambulance in March for a broken pelvis. Then waited a further 12 hours on a trolley in the corridor of A&E before being put in a bay. In total she was in A&E 2 days before finally being assessed by a physio and being deemed fit for discharge. The physio told us that had she needed to be admitted there was a 60 hour+ wait for a bed on a ward.

BIossomtoes · 26/11/2024 20:56

FloralGums · 26/11/2024 20:31

The Tories totally screwed up the NHS. It will take years for Labour to fix it sadly.

It was awful under labour too.

It wasn’t.

Dithercats · 26/11/2024 20:55

A friends parent spent 10 hours on the floor last week with a broken leg.
Couldn't be moved, and all they could do was sit and wait 😔. And surgery was needed for the femur.

MumblesParty · 26/11/2024 20:52

Too many people in the country unfortunately. Resources can’t cope.

Stressedafff · 26/11/2024 20:52

TuesdayTea · 26/11/2024 20:51

It’s terrible, but I’m not sure what her giving in the war and paying taxes has to do with anything. She should get help quicker even without doing those things.

I hope she gets medical help very soon.

Wondered that myself.

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 26/11/2024 20:51

Missmarplesknittingbuddy · 26/11/2024 20:33

This can be very dangerous. Don't move her . You could complicate things much more .

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As happened to my MIL. She fell at home. A neighbour helped her up and onto a chair. Later, my DH helped her into bed, as she was likely to be waiting several more hours for the ambulance. Did either of them aggravate her condition? Who knows, but although she lived for another two years, she was never able to walk again. A couple of years earlier, a GP visited FIL at home, and decided he needed to be admitted. Ambulance still took several hours (maybe 6?) and he spent several more on a trolley at the hospital.
The NHS has been broken for years, sadly.
Hope your DGM recovers from this better than my MIL did.

TuesdayTea · 26/11/2024 20:51

It’s terrible, but I’m not sure what her giving in the war and paying taxes has to do with anything. She should get help quicker even without doing those things.

I hope she gets medical help very soon.

pinkhousesarebest · 26/11/2024 20:51

This is dreadful. My 90 year old dad drove himself to casualty with chest pains ( NI) and sat for 11 hours before being seen. He had had a heart attack but was on a trolley for two days in a corridor before having treatment. He was then discharged , without us being told and clutching a letter that did he was not allowed to walk or carry, was sent down three flights of stairs carrying his hospital bag. To stand outside waiting on m’y dsis in the cold.
I’m so sorry. It is beyond terrifying.

CarnivoreCam · 26/11/2024 20:49

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Winter2020 · 26/11/2024 20:48

Parky04 · 26/11/2024 20:40

With an ever increasing elderly population, it's only going to get a lot worse. It really doesn't matter which party is in government it's too late. NHS/Social care is utterly fucked.

And with the cost of housing and cost of living most people have to work so much that they couldn’t take care of their elderly relatives even if they wanted to.

RedPineapplePanda · 26/11/2024 20:47

Betterthanitseems · 26/11/2024 20:31

So sorry your granny is in this position,its a joke people.are waiting that long and in pain...is there a wheelchair @ home or easily borrowed? If she was able to be transferred onto that a wheelchair taxi could take.hee then ? I know it's not ideal but at least she would be in hospital ! The system is seriously broke

You can't put someone with a broken hip into a wheelchair.

allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld · 26/11/2024 20:44

@LoveCherryTree and this is before christmas week "dump your granny" time which is coming up!!! god help the country!

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PeriPeriMam · 26/11/2024 20:43

OhshutupSimonyounobhead · 26/11/2024 20:30

It actually isn't an immediate risk to life though like a child choking, a person having a heart attack or stroke, the person bleeding out as they've been shot. Yes it is horrendous but it is not an immediate priority when there are limited resources available. It is year through now not just winter pressures.

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Yet, many elderly people do die precisely because they have a fall and a long lie on the floor. Your reply is ill informed.

OP I'm sorry your gran is going through this. Horrible. Thank goodness your dad and uncle are there even if they can't do much they can make sure she's warm, has drinks, food. Our health service is broken and it's heartbreaking

immunityquestions · 26/11/2024 20:42

Missmarplesknittingbuddy · 26/11/2024 20:39

I put" chest pains" in inverted commas as I didn't want to imply she had actually had a heart attack or clot in lungs . I did realise the most likely cause was positional pain from laying / falling on a hard floor but wasn't prepared to take that chance . However having read my post back I can see how it could be interpreted. ( she actually had a broken rib in addition to fractured neck of femur )

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I understand now I thought you meant that you had lied but thankyou for clarifying that wasn’t the case

immunityquestions · 26/11/2024 20:42

WhistPie · 26/11/2024 20:27

It's actually a life or death situation for an elderly person to be left lying on the floor. But this probably isn't the place to tell you how I know that.

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That’s not the point - I accept that it can potentially be life threatening. Lying about ‘chest pains’ that aren’t present is wrong end of

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LoveCherryTree · 26/11/2024 20:41

WearyAuldWumman · 26/11/2024 20:39

This website will help you to contact the correct MP.

https://www.writetothem.com/

I am going to write to them, but will it do any good? Probably not! I’ll try because I’m so disgusted with this situation!

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