I took my elderly neighbour to a&e last night as they were short of breathe and had chest pains. It took 5 hours before she was seen once, and ibuprofen and paracetamol was given. This whole time I was sitting on the floor, nothing for another 2 hours when a nurse came over to her and gave her 2 paracetamol and 1 ibuprofen- two hours since her last dose… she would have happily taken the pills but I told the nurse she’d had her last pills 1 hour and 45 min ago, they looked at her notes and said ah ok she can have them in 30 min then- I thought it should be 4 hours!
another 2 hours of sitting on the floor , 12 ambulances waiting, 159 people waiting in the waiting room to get triaged. Absolute hell really. I rushed there from work, so no charger, no drinks, no food, no money to buy any of this!
not really sure why I am posting but it’s scary how many people need medical attention. She finally got a comfy chair 10 hours after we arrived.