Was in A&E overnight last night and was confused and then a bit annoyed about a situation and wanted to see what others thought
I arrived at A&E for 18:00, was told it was very busy (when is it not) and the waits were 5+ hours. I was triaged and sat in the waiting room
At 02:00 a nurse came in and made an announcement. Saying that waits were still really long because they've got 15 ambulances waiting but there is a GP based at the hospital who will be in from 08:00, if people would prefer to go home and come back they would be seen by the GP.
And half of the waiting room got up and left!
AIBU to think that if you can wait until morning you don't need to be in A&E.
Surely the issue isn't that urgent or an emergency if you can bugger off home and come back in the morning!