Would you go into a hospital for a none emergency atm?

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I had an appointment at the hospital cancelled during the earlier weeks of lockdown. They’ve rang back and offered me it this week. I don’t know what to do. Half of me wants the appointment (investigation for long running issue) and the other half of me is scared of going to a hospital atm when it’s not an emergency situation.

What would you do in my shoes please?

Yes. All staff will be in PPE and presumably the outpatients clinics will be deserted.
Don't be afraid to ask if they have washed their hands before they touch you- my hospital actively encourages patients to "challenge us" on hand hygiene.
Plus, I think all parking charges have been suspended at hospitals, unless it's just our local one!

Thank you very much for the replies everyone! This has made me feel a lot better about going so I think I will probably go after I psyche myself up a bit more! I really do want this scan doing and I’m scared that the longer I leave it, the worse things it will find so knowing my luck I best get it done!

Yes, I have. I actually visited A&E in the same week as a routine appointment (suspected broken bone), and then I had my annual mammogram.

It was really interesting seeing the setup in the hospital in both departments and at no point did I feel unsafe.

Yes I would. My Trust worked incredibly hard during the first few weeks of lockdown to create safer ways of running clinics, new locations for out patient appointments and scans. It's probably safer than going to a supermarket but understandably, people are worried and many are still declining appointments.
Looking ahead we are going to be seeing an increase in things like cardiovascular disease and cancers presenting late and sadly, it's inevitable that we will see a rise in deaths that could have otherwise been prevented in the months and years following on from all this.

If I had too I would. My dd5 has horrific exzma and really I think in normal times she would be hospital for wet dressing.

If the Dr asks me ( unlikely as no one has seen dd in 7 weeks - I sent Dr a photo) I would have her admitted. I'm worried she basically has open wounds and scabs over a significant % of her body now.

Its weighing up risk.

I would go it’s not that bad. Even if you come into contact with someone who has COVID it doesn’t mean you automatically catch it.

No I would not be going into hospital ATM unless it was an emergency.

My DH had a scan booked in for the end of April which still went ahead. He said it was really well organised, he was given ppe and seats taped over so people had to keep their distance. There was someone on the door only allowing patients in.

Covid treatment areas will have been defined and there will be a clear process to separately admit to them. It will be fine. Big problem will be parking as there is little public transport and they are allowing staff to park for free so apparently in the big hospitals, it’s hard to park nearby.

I would go.