97 Yr old Gran waiting 8 hours for an ambulance with a broken hip!

[LoveCherryTree]

My Gran, 97 years of age, given to this country in World War, paid her taxes and NI all her life. She fell today in her home at 12pm, she has a broken hip, my Father called 999 and it is now 8pm and still no ambulance.
She can’t go to the loo as she can’t get up, my Father who has Parkinson’s and my Uncle, who has throat cancer, both in their 70’s, sitting with her.
This country is broken beyond repair, I even tried to get a private ambulance and they said that it won’t make a difference because all the front line ambulances are sat at the hospital with patients inside because they can’t get them into the hospitals….I despair, so it’s better for my 97 year old Gran to be in agony and wet herself, I just can’t believe it! Anyone know a member of parliament I can talk to about this? I’m utterly disgusted!

I’m so sorry. Hope she gets to hospital soon

You can contact the MP in your grans constituency, just google who it is

Call 999 again, she is at high risk of a kidney injury lying on the floor. Encourage her to drink fluids. Hope you get help soon xx

It's been like this for ages, I've heard of longer waits sadly.

How awful. Your poor Gran. I hope someone arrives soon.

My Dad and Uncle just managed to get her on the sofa whilst she’s crying in pain, it’s unbelievable! But my Dad couldn’t lift her by himself nor could my Uncle.

This is the state we're in, I went to work today and there were 10 ambulances sitting waiting to admit their patients.
Inside we've got patients who are fit to leave hospital but families refusing to let them home because ....reasons 'oh mum doesn't want carers/house needs a clean/no one to shop'... few years ago MN was full of people giving advice 'just take the keys to the house so they can't get into the house'... so the hospital fills up with social care patients and people like your lovely Gma @LoveCherryTree can't get an ambulance because people in ambulances can't get beds!

Sorry @LoveCherryTree 😞 for ranting on your thread..😳

Your poor gran. Unfortunately it’s not unusual, especially if she is at home and has someone with her. I don’t think people realise how bad things are here until something happens, hope they arrive soon.

Not an ambulance situation but my DH has urology issues was told its 104 week wait for routine urology. 2 yrs!

Agree to call back as your gm is at increased risk of a worse outcome with a long lie. Things are worse than ever in the NHS, ambulances stacking and unable to attend anyone else. I phoned for an ambulance recently and had a 10 minute wait just to speak to the ambulance caller. Hope your grandma gets seen soon and has a good recovery.

So sad &sorry for your gm & family.
I really hope she gets to hospital soon.
This is so wrong on every count.
Her life is expendable & she is in terrible pain too.

If they moved her onto the sofa they may as well have moved her into a car / taxi and got her to hospital - it’s not ideal but ambulances are in high demand and she won’t be a priority. You need to get her to a hospital. There’s more risk of leaving her than there is of moving her at this stage

Unfortunately until people need their services no one seems to really realise how bad a state the NHS is in.

I hope your Gran is ok.

It’s not ok to lie and divert ambulances away from higher priority emergencies. A child could potentially die from this sort of immoral behaviour

Recently I was hit by a car whilst riding my horse and the ambulance arrived in 15 minutes which shocked me, I thought I'd be lying in the road for hours.

Another time I broke my leg and they refused to come and told me to get someone to help me hop to a car and drive me to hospital.

Sadly I think if you're not in immediate danger of dying they don't come or they take 8 hours.

It's actually a life or death situation for an elderly person to be left lying on the floor. But this probably isn't the place to tell you how I know that.

I have just finished a 13 day working for an NHS rapid response team. Our current wait times are 16 hours. Our service picks some people up too. Today has been hell - so so busy. There is merely not enough capacity as cat 1 and 2 calls are given priority over falls. I never had any idea how many elderly people were falling, it is a huge issue. I had a lady on the floor outside Asda last year, clearly had a fractured hip, end of November, pissing down, freezing and she still waited 9 hours. The amount of shoppers that literally trod over her (she fell by door) was absolutely shocking.

Hmm, think you have must read my post , she did actually develop chest pain . Likely from laying on a hard floor for about 6 hours but could have easily been a blood clot . Had it been one she would have died on the floor . As I am unable to perform an ECG/ scan at home I wasn't prepared to take the chance .

It actually isn't an immediate risk to life though like a child choking, a person having a heart attack or stroke, the person bleeding out as they've been shot. Yes it is horrendous but it is not an immediate priority when there are limited resources available. It is year through now not just winter pressures.

Meant mis read my post.

At my local infirmary today (taking mum to a routine appt)
There were over 20 ambulances stacked outside A&E - I have never honestly seen it so bad- There was a queue of people outside A&E waiting to get into the already packed (standing room only) waiting room. This was 4pm today. I knew things were bad but I've never seen it so bad and it shocked me. I hope your gran gets the care and attention she needs and deserves.
It reminded me of the news stories from a war torn country on TV- it's not how it should be 😡