To think I've broken a toe?

[whatyadoing]

It happened this day last week. I literally just stubbed it off the leg of a chair. It went purple within hours (or was purple when I looked at it a couple of hours after). It has been very painful, but it's still massively swollen, so I wonder is it broken and whether I need to do anything about it? It's the toe next to my little pinky toe on my right foot.

You can go to walk in centre at your local.hospital.... You mean A&E ?

Sorry but going to A&E with a week old broken toe is a total waste of NHS resources

Non emergency walk in centres all got shut down years ago

Not true at all.

I precisely said Walk in centre (NOT (!!) A&E). "Walk in centres" are otherwise known as MIU -Minor Injury Units- precisely for small injuries and broken bones to feet, hands , arms etc to relieve pressure from local A&Es.

We're Hampshire - we have MIUs down here. So do Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall , often in community hospitals. Look it up!

Ring 111, they will best advise what is available locally. The wait for our local MIU once you present there in person, is approx 40-90 minutes. Our MUI decide whether to x-ray (onsite) or not.

Ah, OK, the South Hants unit next to the psychiatric unit is technically an MIU
it covers a population of about half a million
and I would NEVER park a car there after dark.

111 is useless because whenever I used them for the kids they either said

• take paracetamol
• go to A&E

... but can't do burpies above all things Well, there's always a silver lining, isn't there?