To be furious mum is alone in hospital?

[EmmaH2022]

I know I'm not
Mum is in a hospital corridor going into hour 6 after a suspected heart attack
They wouldn't let me go with her
Did they inject everyone with insanity?
She's 83.

I should be worried that she's going to die, but something about dying on a trolley gives me the RAGE. I wish I'd been here. I would never have let them take her to the hospital. I could at least have tried a private one.

No one answers the phone at the hospital obviously.

What happens if i just turn up in the morning?

I thought if you were consious they couldnt make you go into hospital

@whynotwhatknot

I thought if you were consious they couldnt make you go into hospital

They didn't "make" her Not suggesting that at all Just saying it was hard for her to make the choice

Had I been there, it would have been easier for her say no, which she's done twice before. Faced with four people saying "you should go to hospital" I understand it was hard to refuse.

My cousin was also left in the corridor for about 4-5 hours.
He lost feeling from the waist down and ended up messing himself without knowing.

Unfortunately they had no beds but with the amount of money being pumped into the nhs why is this happening?

OP I hope your mum is getting better 💐

its just you were saying theyd be sued

they wouldnt if the patient refuses to go

@BattenbergdowntheHatches

I didn’t say “every case” *@ancientgran - I said correlation*

And the fact that you are waiting for permission to go to hospital with those nasty symptoms and suspected broken ribs is disgraceful, kind of proves the point of this thread.

It really doesn't. It meant I had an appointment and didn't have to sit and wait which is uncomfortable for me. You carry on making it up though.

This story seems to have gone from your mum being laid out semi-conscious on a trolley all night to her wandering round trying to use vending machines, unhappy with the cleanliness of the loo and comforting other patients. All very confusing.

Sorry, 'lay on a trolley and too wobbly to try and use a phone' was actually the description.

[quote BattenbergdowntheHatches]@ancientgran In every country I’ve lived with a functional health service, X-ray, phlebotomy and other basic services are located in the same building as the doctor you’re consulting so you just pop along and get it done straight away, with barely any wait for results. It makes much more sense than patients hanging around waiting to be graced with a bloody phone call (that rarely arrives, ime) and the ambiguity and uncertainly of whether results and appointment letters have gone missing in the post (surprisingly common with NHS correspondence).[/quote]
Yes I'm sure a full blown lab for blood tests, a radiologist on site etc is very effective and cost efficient.

By the way the phone call did come, no worries about letters going amiss as my GP did the referral on line while he was talking to me.

Anyone actually believing we’d be better off under an insurance-based system needs to give their head a wobble.
You’re only worth anything if you’re financially viable under that system.
Sorry for anyone who’s had bad experiences with the NHS. It’s one of the greatest things this country’s ever produced. Yes, it needs reform…but NOT to stop delivering publicly funded free at the point of use healthcare.

@Mumsgirls

My deepest condolences for the death of your father but please stop with the notion that covid is minor. I’m in my 40’s been left with damaged lungs and I now take heart medication for a problem caused by covid. Also if you catch covid when you’re pregnant it’s potentially devastating for both mum and baby. There are pregnant staff in the nhs and difficult to risk assess with lots more people coming in and out of hospital.

Drs and nurses are knackered, traumatised and completely demoralised. They’ve spent the last 2 years dealing with unprecedented levels of illness, death and a population that think they have a medical/nursing degree. Then now they’ve got to try and catch up with the referrals that have been waiting.

I think in the case of the elderly that a close relative/friend could be allowed to be with them. However it’s not time to go back to the days of visiting time just yet covid isn’t allowing that yet.

Also remember the only reason that covid restrictions have been lowered as much as they have is because Boris needed to gather the support of his back benchers.

Hospital Covid restrictions on visitors should not be lifted. Hospitals can concentrate on what they are for without Joe Public wandering around. However vulnerable patients and the elderly SHOULD be allowed to have someone there.

@Malibuismysecrethome

RosesandHellebores my experience as well accept at a well known London teaching hospital, but we can’t all go there. My local hospital is notorious.

No toast is available for ‘elf and safety’ reasons. Just a scraping of spread on stale bread. Funny how hotels and even prisons manage to have toasters that you put bread in and amazingly toast comes out. Now the NHS wards though far too much trouble.

@Malibuismysecrethome I first came across the no toast rule when my DM was in hospital in N Wales where only bread was served at breakfast. My own local hospital definitely did toast in vast quantities on the ward I was on. I think the health and safety issue is not that making toast itself is dangerous but more to do with the frequency with which it sets off the smoke alarms resulting on the Fire Brigade attending for a false alarm. The Fire Brigade can then refuse to attend further calls.