Why is A&E empty but building 4000 people hospitals?

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Been to A&E and it was dead!

Went to a children's hospital and it was also dead. We were the only people in there.

The media are saying the hospitals are over run? Groups of nurses and doctors huddling round in the hospitals I was in.

Crime has fallen by 50% (thought it would be more!) - so fewer incidents like that. This is isolation working so hopefully nhs can cope with peak in week or two.

That remaining 50% are probs the drug dealers whose supply and delivery chain is stronger than any supermarket's one😂

😂 omg yep - am sure trade is ok for them

No school kids playing football/rugby/netball etc. I've been to children's A&E about 7 times in the past year or that with 3 kids and it was always full of other school kids with similar injuries that needed checked/x rays.

The number one cause of major trauma is road traffics accidents but the second largest - and soon to overtake the RTAs is older people having low falls. The mainly young men who might injure themselves are now stuck at home and older people are falling victim to CV and treated in different settings or coping with minor issues at home. Most people have recognised that hospital is the last place they want to be right now with a highly infectious disease rife.

But we have weeks to go before we peak or see the end of this thing.

d they DO NOT expect you to get there on public transport. None of the many cancer nurses I know would have a patient on chemo or possibly septic on public transport, it'd be lift, taxi, hospital transport or last resort an ambulance.

I don’t know where you work but my DH had 2 cancers last year one of which included chemo and daily radio. In 2 different hospitals one of which was a major cancer centre. No help at all was available to get him to any appointments, we tried numerous times. He didn’t qualify due to household income (you had to be in receipt of certain benefits) a taxi was £120 return. Public transport was walk a mile , train them walk a mile or get a bus from station to hospital.

Escape that is shocking. I know its stupidly hard to get hospital transport but patients on chemo shouldn't be on public transport, the CNS should be checking how every patient is planning on travelling and intervening if necessary. Some of our patients have a 2+ hour journey to the hospital and to be fair most have someone to bring them in a car but if they don't it's hospital transport. Textbook false economy to put time and effort into treating cancer with chemo and then sending the recipient out on a bus or train with all and sundry, I'm sorry that happened to your DH

I've had cancer on and off since I was 28. Remember being on a bus (40 years ago) with my dds one age 2 other 3 on way home from chemo and they held my sick bag for me. How times change.( I was single mum no family to help out). Now I have a car or use hospital car service which is great. Or go by ambulance. Didn't know it depended on financial circumstances though

Interesting. I wonder if all the time wasters are staying home now ?

Yes

Also children's A&E is always full of babies and children with very high temps or rashes etc because of viral illness. Social distancing will be decreasing the transmission of all viruses, not just COVID-19.

But that does not take away the fact that the public have to read conflicting and ever changing information about diagnosis of the virus in the press every day (because what else do you do indoors all day long apart from read the press for information)

You don't have to read any of that, @Bubblebu

You could read Agatha Christie mysteries.
Knit.
Crochet.
Do Sudoku on your phone, or Minesweeper, or any number of puzzles and games. Candy Crush, whatever..
Clean out your kitchen drawers.
Marie Kondo your entire home.