If 111 say you need to take your DC to A&E within the hour 'I have plans, that'll take too long'

[WhoKnewSeamus]

Is NOT the answer! Unless he is an international man of mystery under the guise of a fuckwit (which he plays incredibly well).
I am appalled and sadly not suprised in equal measure.
Is this normal? I wouldn't mind so much if it could be acknowledged that he really is a selfish shit of a parent.

They don't always send an ambulance. I have used the service once and I was very impressed with it. I was wondering whether or not to go to A&E and just needed some advice out of hours. I was phoned by a doctor about 10 minutes after phoning. He was extremely helpful and we decide I would go to A&E if my condition worsened. I was reassured that I could stay at home for the time being.

Sorry OP. You seem to think it was not necessary for your dd to attend A&E. The telephone operators can only go by the information they have been given. In this case you say your dd did not need an ambulance. I'm so pleased that the ambulance would have been available for someone who really needed it. As for your OH - LTB!

Ditsy that's been my experience too. I've been sent an ambulance straight out, been called back by a nurse, been called back by a nurse and sent an OOH doctor and this time they said take to A&E we'll send the notes through, so no reason to doubt them as far as I was aware.

I'm not sure what you mean Fluffy but no I certainly didn't want an ambulance for her.
I have no issue what so ever with the advice from 101, I sort of followed it just with a slight diversion to OOH minor injuries which sufficed.

Happily he is no longer my OH, I LTB a long time ago

WhoKnew of course he loves his kids it's just that it wasn't his day so he'd made plans with his gf that day so he couldn't possibly let her down.

Poor them, they do have it hard don't they
Oh to be a half arsed, hard done by parent.
I can't begin to imagine being happy to be anywhere but by their side at a time like that. The mind boggles.
But equally I can't imagine wanting to be with a man who didn't want to be with his DC at a time like that.