To not know where to turn for help with this?

Firstly you’re taking too much ibuprofen & possibly paracetamol. Ibuprofen dose is 400mg every 6-8 hourly, no more than 3 times in 24 hours, paracetamol is 1g every 4-6 hours, no more than 4 times in 24 hours. You mentioned taking codeine at night but why not take that during the day if the pain is so bad, or go get either paracetamol or ibuprofen with codeine from a pharmacy & take that instead. As long as you continue to walk as much as you’re doing then for now you’re going to be in pain- you’re walking on it too much - can’t you reduce that by getting a taxi or public transport? It will take several weeks to improve but longer if you are over using it, that’s injuries for you, whether a minor fracture or a bad sprain/strain. It needs elevation, higher than your hip when you aren’t walking, ice is pointless now. You were advised to get a support bandage, have you got one?
your knee - you said a pharmacist said it’s fine - so trust that medical professional- not every minor infection needs antibiotics but watch out for worsening redness/inflammation, meanwhile keep it clean & dry & no antiseptic creams
basically you aren’t helping yourself by weight baring as much as you are, either way, it’s an injury - injuries hurt. Not all minor fractures require follow up, but please, sort out your pain relief or you’ll just create another issue all together
(advanced nurse practitioner)

If you won't accept something you've been offered, that's your fault.

What does the knee actually look like?

You might be over cleaning it and not giving the wound time to heal.

But you're a patient & your outcome is currently impacted!

Well just deal with it yourself then. Not really sure what you want from this.

You really need to stop playing the martyr and get yourself some help. The whole scenario is just ridiculous now.

OP "I don't know what to do"

Posters and NHS "do this"

OP "no"

OP I think you need to problem solve a bit. You were told you can walk but 5000 steps a day is a little bit bonkers more than just a bit of a walk on such an injured leg so if you're in severe pain you need to heavily cut down on this and keep the leg rested and elevated at other times. Listen to your body and find another way of getting to work.

Although you weren't given a fracture boot I'd wear a good supportive pair of boots eg Timberlands for a while

Did the doctors give you any gentle exercises to do? If not google foot and ankle exercises and start doing these as best you can

If you genuinely feel that your pain and swelling is more than it should be then I'd say what you need next is fracture clinic. Your best hope of a referral to them is going back to A and E. They aren't going to be able to heal a fractured ankle overnight though. To some degree you need to just accept that you're going to be a bit out of action for a few weeks and take it easy. At the moment it sounds like the biggest problem is that there's a huge difference between your expectations and the reality of how a broken ankle heals.

Every packet I've had says every 6 hours and no more than 4 in 24 hours.

I had a nasty sprain and it took 8 weeks to heal , I was really depressed at one point thinking I could never get some of my shoes on and it was never going to get better and I was only comfortable in crocs.

I work in a similar sector and there is no way on earth you could face a disciplinary for going to seek further help for a broken ankle. You must have a HR department.

5000 steps is why it will be hurting and still swollen! That’s not bare minimum

You shouldn’t be ‘cleaning it morning and night’. It won’t dry if you do this. You’ll be irritating the wound.

Clean it
Dress it
leave the dressing on

If they can't cope without you for a day, they certainly won't be able to cope if they sack you!

You really need to stop giving them so much power. You're letting them guilt trip you into possible lifelong health problems by not letting your body heal when it needs to. Do you seriously want to risk having walking issues for life, not to mention pain? They don't care about that, so you need to.

If you'd rather be stubborn and keep playing the martyr, then go for it.

FFS stop posting on here and just go to A+E.

Not if your GP signs you off??

Refusing a nurse call for an infected wound and broken bone is ridiculous. You're being a martyr.

Why have you started another thread if all you're going to do is ignore all the good advice, yet again.

Your options are

1. Go back to A&E
2. Take time off work to heal

If you're unwilling to do either of those, then suffer in silence. You're acting like a child, frankly.

OP - has your knee been assessed at all for the instability? If not you need to go back to A&E and get them to reassess the whole leg - both the ankle which clearly needs rest and support, the knee wound and knee itself cause what you describe sounds like torn ligaments that noone has looked at - that definitely needs rest after initial injury.
5000 steps is not resting your ankle. It doesn’t matter that your team is understaffed, frankly - that’s above your paygrade. You cannot be put on disciplinary for a legitimate illness - but just in case, join your union before you ask to be signed off. This is not going to get better by being ignored, if you get anyone but a grumpy nurse assessing you, you will be told to stop walking that much too. The long you keep doing what you’re doing, the longer you will then be off to heal properly. The nurse will not remember you, no one will care that you’re questioning poor advice bar the fact you have legitimate cause to complain (and you should). And if by some miracle your case makes it round the hospital gossip mill and people treat you worse for it -you need a new job.

A nurse wouldnt call as she’s not housebound anyway - she would need to attend clinic

Agreee with everyone else plus concerned that you’re having ibuprofen 4hrly as should be 6hrly - so you’re having too much. It’s also only max 3 times a day ! please don’t eff up your kidneys too

It will take a bit longer for you to feel better. Another week and there will be some improvement, three weeks - a lot.

Look after yourself, don't overdo it.

There isn't anything a doctor can do at the moment.

You did get a pile on last thread, which was very harsh. People thought you were making a fuss and shouldn’t have gone to hospital. I think you were right to go, although were let down by the nurse’s attitude.

Now you are struggling and have come on asking what to do - brave after last time! But whether you think the people responding are kind or mean, the fact remains there are only 2 options - you seek help, or you don’t. There is no option 3, no magic wand.

How is doing nothing working out for you? Abysmal.

How is going to work turning out for you? Abysmal.

You don’t have to be Einstein to see what you have to do.

I feel so rubbish that being told off again like I’m a child would be disastrous
But you are acting like a petulant child, ignoring all the advice here (and from the previous thread) and insisting that what you are doing is all you possibly could do. I don't know what you think disaster is going to look like, and as you speak about yourself as if you're not just invincible in life, but irreplaceable at work, I fear that if you continue behaving so childishly, that you are in for a big disappointment when you hit middle age and find walking difficult! What advice is your own mother giving you? Are you listening to her at least?