To say that the NHS a and e team are fucking heroes

[Ragingoverlife]

They all are. But I've particularly noticed how well they cope under pressure tonight. They are so short staffed and receiving so much shit in children's A and E. I feel so bad for them x

Nurses and sisters apologising because their doctors have been borrowed back by another department and not returning for hours..

I've been here since 9pm. 1st hospital turned me away, as I had a child and they had no docs. 1.5 hours to triage into children Been waiting for doc since. (Which is fine) they are mentally busy, and my child has reduced in temp etc. Im happy waiting But wow there is so many upset parents. Waiting hours I can see why they are so frustrated. There is also lots of Strep A panic also I think we've got another 3 hours to go yet, thankfully we have a bed and a chair. Others aren't so lucky. Thank you NHS.

There wasn't anything they could do though. It's a way to reduce the official wait time for A&E, keeping the patient in the ambulance. The paramedics told us that bluntly. That's three hours they should have been out attending to other patients.

i hate to think some poor soul with a broken hip is lying in the street somewhere because of this.

She did miss the window for the medication you give up to 4 hours post stroke. (It took them 2 hours to stabilise her at home before getting her in the ambulance).

So in your version I should have been in the hospital yelling at a doctor to get on with things. People seem to take MN quite seriously, so I'd just like to emphasise how much that is really not a good idea.

I think the problem is it's very random and can depend on pressure at that moment and also the hospital and the relevant staff . In past 6 weeks I've had a horrible experience at Wrexham park (Slough but covers a humongous area) and a fairly good one at Royal United Bath. The RUH staff were lovely and although under pressure made the best of the circumstances and this was in the early hours. Even though very busy indeed, initial triage was 52 minutes and 2 hours to be seen.

Nhs staff are not heroes as such, but my goodness, I wish that some of you moaning about it could work a shift and see how hard the majority of us work.
There will always be incompetent staff but I think many that come across as uncaring are totally burnt out. Emotional and compassion fatigue are real things and try doing a job every day where the system is against you, where you can’t provide the level of care that you wish you could and you spend all your time stressed that people could die on you watch.
Staff are leaving in unprecedented amounts. HCAs can get paid more in Aldi, junior doctors get paid a pittance for the hours they do and despite the rhetoric that the average nurse earns 27k, I can assure you that they don’t.
Staffing levels are unsafe and unless staff are paid more we cannot recruit and retain. There are high amounts of sickness with the usual winter bugs and covid but also with stress. For all of you that have any trauma from lockdown, imagine what it was like for staff working during that time and some of the things they would have witnessed.

The nhs system is broken but there are many good things still happening and many wonderful staff. If you feel that you are treated well and with compassion I urge you to write in and tell them because with the constant media bashing it really is a morale boost to receive kind words.