I get that a&e is busy, but was not expecting to be spoken to so rudely

I’d be tempted to go back. I got sent home from A&E with a blood clot once and decided to go back and get a second opinion and was very glad I did.

A&E staff do get things wrong. I don’t see what a GP is going to do and don’t mess around with hearing. It’s an accident so you’re in the right place. Accident or emergency.

you are right OP, you should not left and shame on that nurse. A GP won't go rummaging around in your ear, absolutely won't. You should have waited to see a doctor.

As a medical professional, you should not have been spoken to in a rude way, whatever the circumstances. Regardless of how busy they are, there is no excuse. I am sorry you were treated in such a way, you decided to leave. If you have a walk in centre, l suggest you go there. I hope your ear is back to normal soon

Yes but NHS staff are only human- have you never had a stressful day at work and over reacted?

Yes, I have a family friend with hearing issues. Please complain, next time someone might get seriously ill, OP.
And does she think it's 2000? Good luck getting a GP to see you, round here at least. Maybe it's different where you live, but the GPs no longer tend to do things like that, or even blood tests, themselves-they send you to hospital.

Omg that’s ridiculous. A serious ear infection could cause so many complications.
So sorry for you ( I have chronic perforated eardrum issues / infections)
This nurse is just the frigging gatekeeper ..
Makes my blood boil .. the idiot

Sorry I missed that bit. Even worse.

It's completely insane how many people are brainwashed into thinking this is acceptable even if you DID go to the slightly wrong delivery outlet for the service we all pay for. Oh no did you go to minor injuries instead of a GP what a TOTAL bastard you must be dance the obscure NHS rules dance into the sea.

There are too many dickheads in the world at large and consequently too many dickheads in the world's biggest employer after the red army.

I hope I never have to go to hospital again and will try to be brave enough to take my chances at home instead but it makes me sick that the patient is expected to be responsible for navigating the old fashioned bullshit.

Hello the patient is sick - maybe try at least the minimum level of contempt you'd get for asking a Tesco metro if they stock the barbecues you saw advertised for sale in a Tesco Extra recently.

Yup anytime I know someone who has got something in their nose or ear they’ve gone to a&e to have it removed. GP you’d be waiting days!

I think many posters are being unfair towards you op, 111 told you to go to A&E, that is literally their role, they are a triage service. If you had ignored their advice and become very unwell or lost your hearing I'm sure the same posters would be jumping on you asking why you ignored 111's advice.

You need a doctor specialised in ENT. A GP is very unlikely to have the equipment needed to remove this. They don’t even syringe ears any more in my area! Waiting for a GP appointment is a waste of time as they will just refer you back to minor injuries. It sounds very urgent now. Either go back now (if you’re really worried / it’s really painful) or first thing tomorrow morning. Good luck!

True indeed. This is ghe 2nd time this has happened to me there.
The other hospital was amazing.

My very close friend is a senior practitioner at our Minor injuries unit. She works officially 12 hour shifts but regularly 14 hours.She is mentally and physically exhausted,seeing 100+ a day patients. It’s unsustainable and she is a human being!

She was right, though. It is a bit odd to go to A&E at night with a sore ear.

DH went to A&E about 9 years ago with chest pains. He'd had them all day, but the GP said to go to A&E,

When we got there, the nurse what we were doing there and saying it was for accidents and emergencies, not chest pains.

She reluctantly did an ECG and asked if he had anything, I said I had given him an aspirin and she went MAD at me, saying how dangerous it was for me to give unprescribed drugs to other people (WTAF?)

He had an x-ray and a (troponin?) blood test.

Turned out he had bad heartburn, but the doctor assured us that we were right to go in.

I don't think you did anything wrong, if 111 told you to go. Perhaps they are over cautious? And the A&E nurse was probably tired and overworked. It's a shame she was rude to you though.

I hadn't had an accident either..I might have been thought to have d and v although I had no v and very little d but I had felt ill at home waiting for it to arrive for 9 days..I went to a&e was triaged within 30 minutes with a possible life threatening condition. Was in hospital for 14 days with further home meds after that. All this bollox on here with armchair bloody people saying 'it's not an accident it's not an emergency '. Give it a rest you're spouting dangerous nonsense.

This happens all too frequently.

Not all NHS staff are 'angels', it also seems to attract a fair proportion of arseholes with God complexes.

Really confused by this, when our GP spotted something in my son’s ear, they sent us to a&e. He wasn’t in any pain or anything, we had just gone to the gp for a hearing check and they spotted something.

Was difficult to get the right person to remove it, they had to send for a consultant.

A GP, rightly, won't touch it. Some areas have minor injuries units. Others have minor injuries departments within A&E.

@mitsicar I wouldn't get in to 'how long has it been there' because you admit that you really aren't sure. Just say that you've become aware of pain and your doctor friend had a look and could see an earring back. It's too far in to get it out yourself.

How is she self involved by going to A&E in agony with a risk of damage to her hearing? Are you the nurse?…