Local doctor refused to see DS after being taken by teacher

[honkytonkwoman25]

My son was hit by a cricket back resulting in a large gash to his head. The teachers weren't able to get hold of me. They called the local paramedic who told them to take him to the doctors. The surgery closest to the school refused to see him. We were not registered at this local surgery, but this doesn't appear to be the reason. I'm not happy about this, but wondered if anyone had experienced this, and whether it was a general policy.

[OhShutUpThomas]

I think 'local paramedic' sounds like 'someone we know who lives locally and is a paramedic.'

Could be wrong though.

[uhoh1973]

We live an hour from a and E so this is also an issue for us. IN emergencies 999 will ring air ambulance, ambulance and CFR and see who gets there first. If it was really bad the school should have taken him direct to a and e as the gp cannot do that much. The gp does his best eg sewing on finger and seeing my husband when he'd put a drill bit through his cheek but the latter sounds worse than it was. When he cut his nose open we had to go to a and e. I didn't wait for an ambulance I just drove him myself. I would be unimpressed with the school TBH.

[writingonthewall]

Your gripe should be with the school for being daft enough to take him to a GP. clearly needed A&E.

[OzzieFem]

Yes A & E. X-Ray, and if discharged home may have been given a printed form of signs and symptoms to watch out for, over the next 24 hours.

[Kanga59]

I would imagine that the school phoned 999 and were filtered out of the emergency system by an all knowing call handler who advised put of hours GP surgery. Do you know the full details of what happened op? How far is the nearest A&E? The teachers should have made sure that your son got there. And why don't they have your GP surgery on record so that they could have taken him there if GP was the way they decided to go? Total shambles all round.

[uhoh1973]

I would check with the school what the procedure is because perhaps it needs changing? One of my daughter's friends had a relatively minor accident but her head wouldn't stop bleeding. Rather than just take her to the gp in the village where we live the teacher faffed about trying to contact her parents for about 45 mins! FFS! Including one parent who commutes weekly so total waste of time. I wasn't impressed. If it's really an emergency they should be dialing 999 or jumping in the car and driving to A and E.

[BackforGood]

I too am wondering what a 'local paramedic' is so maybe if you are in a very remote place there are different procedures in place, but around here, I wouldn't expect a school to take a child to a random GPs, I'd expect them to take him to A&E if they felt he needed treatment and you weren't contactable.

[mrz]

In the village where I work there is a paramedic station