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Title: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: klondike on April 08, 2022, 09:14:25 AM
Millions of patients are told 'DON'T go to A&E' unless you're dying as NHS crisis sees six trusts warn of 12-HOUR waits while busy ambulance service tells callers to make their 'OWN WAY' to hospital

Hospital A&Es in West and North Yorkshire are only treating patients in 'genuine, life-threatening situations'
South Central Ambulance Service declared a critical incident this morning because of 'extreme pressures'

Millions of Britons started paying the Health and Social Care Levy from today to deal with Covid backlog


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10691541/Millions-patients-told-dont-E-unless-youre-dying.html

Meanwhile most weeks I get a text from my GP saying the surgery is closing at 12:30 that day for some reason or other  varying from staff training to staff sickness.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Scrumpy on April 08, 2022, 09:21:02 AM



Fingers x I am fortunate enough not to need A&E..
However.. Should I need it I would be there like a shot.. and pass out on the floor..
My friend felt so poorly he took himself to A&E.. He sat in the waiting room chatting to a woman.. He told her that he felt 'really funny'.. He passed out and when he woke up he was surrounded by doctors.. an op followed..
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: klondike on April 08, 2022, 09:23:31 AM
Since it started up I'd always try 111 rather than A&E. I've used them a couple of times and they were good. I'd certainly call them in preference to the GP. You could be sorted in less time than the pre-recorded GO AWAY WE ONLY WANT PAYING TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOOKS NOT BE BOTHERED SEEING YOU message finished.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Alex on April 08, 2022, 10:16:48 AM
I've used 111 once and they advised me to go to A & E.  If I needed A & E,  I too would just go - sod em !   I'm grateful to hospital doctors, who were right on the front line during Covid, it's the bloody GPs who have been MIA that annoy me.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: klondike on April 08, 2022, 10:21:56 AM
Sounds like it would pay to charge your phone and  take along ...

a power pack
lots of change
Packed meals and snacks
Sleeping bag
Wash kit
Spare underwear
Books
etc. etc. before setting out. Maybe buy a wheelie suitcase and get it packed ready just in case.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Diasi on April 08, 2022, 11:32:36 AM
I find it very concerning.

I also find it interesting that mass, often illegal, immigration hasn't been mentioned as a contributing factor.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: klondike on April 08, 2022, 12:10:03 PM
I think they get GP visits to their hotel rooms....
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: zoony on April 08, 2022, 03:14:47 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on April 08, 2022, 09:21:02 AM


Fingers x I am fortunate enough not to need A&E..
However.. Should I need it I would be there like a shot.. and pass out on the floor..
My friend felt so poorly he took himself to A&E.. He sat in the waiting room chatting to a woman.. He told her that he felt 'really funny'.. He passed out and when he woke up he was surrounded by doctors.. an op followed..


12 hour wait?? Last time I attended A&E I was on a trolley for 17 hours! I still have the apology letter somewhere! :grin:
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Scrumpy on April 08, 2022, 03:19:40 PM
... and the bad back.!!  :grin:
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: zoony on April 08, 2022, 03:20:36 PM
 :grin:
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Flying Bomb on April 08, 2022, 03:35:08 PM
Quote from: klondike on April 08, 2022, 09:14:25 AM

Meanwhile most weeks I get a text from my GP saying the surgery is closing at 12:30 that day for some reason or other  varying from staff training to staff sickness.


Not closing for skiving then?
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Alex on April 08, 2022, 04:23:28 PM
I rang up this morning to ask for an appointment, after going through lots of questions the receptionist said that they may have an emergency appointment later today.  I told her it wasn't an emergency, I had to be honest :halo: !    I expected her to give me one for next week, no such luck I've got to ring up on Monday or Tuesday morning at 8AM   Same old same old......
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Jacqueline on April 08, 2022, 04:30:55 PM
Quote from: Alex on April 08, 2022, 04:23:28 PM
I rang up this morning to ask for an appointment, after going through lots of questions the receptionist said that they may have an emergency appointment later today.  I told her it wasn't an emergency, I had to be honest :halo: !    I expected her to give me one for next week, no such luck I've got to ring up on Monday or Tuesday morning at 8AM   Same old same old......


Why be honest Alex if they treat you like that, lie.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 08, 2022, 04:48:15 PM
Can't help but feel that, by and large, our overall GP service has become a disgrace
Mike
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: GrannyMac on April 08, 2022, 04:48:33 PM
I have a non urgent appointment at the GP in a fortnight.  I saw the nurse last week, just a BP check, and its a referral from that. I've also had good results with 111, when I needed antibiotics. I'm fortunate to live in a city with a walk in centre, staffed by GPs and ACPs (Advanced Clinical Practitioners).  Most of us are sensible enough not to ring 999 or fetch up at A&E unless it is an emergency.

However, I think it would be useful to have a 24 hour GP/minor injuries dept attached to big A&Es, where non emergencies can be filtered to.  That might give patients in genuine need, like zoony was, a speedier service.   Too many timewasters IMO.  My daughter worked for a time at NHS Direct, pre 111.  Some of the demands for ambulances were ridiculous to say the least.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Flying Bomb on April 08, 2022, 04:50:40 PM
Quote from: Alex lin :worried: =topic=1351.msg24951#msg24951 date=1649431408
I rang up this morning to ask for an appointment, after going through lots of questions the receptionist said that they may have an emergency appointment later today.  I told her it wasn't an emergency, I had to be honest :halo: !    I expected her to give me one for next week, no such luck I've got to ring up on Monday or Tuesday morning at 8AM   Same old same old......


I daresay the Queen has to go through  something like this too. in a parallel Universe.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: klondike on April 08, 2022, 04:52:59 PM
Maybe alternate universe would be a better phrase...  :smiley:
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Alex on April 08, 2022, 05:00:19 PM
Quote from: Jacqueline on April 08, 2022, 04:30:55 PM

Why be honest Alex if they treat you like that, lie.

Trouble is Jacq when I got in to see a doctor he'd know I wasn't an emergency !
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 08, 2022, 05:17:44 PM
Quote from: Alex on April 08, 2022, 05:00:19 PM
Trouble is Jacq when I got in to see a doctor he'd know I wasn't an emergency !
don't you mean 'if'?
Mike
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Alex on April 08, 2022, 05:25:40 PM
 :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: GrannyMac on April 08, 2022, 05:28:55 PM
Quote from: Flying Bomb on April 08, 2022, 04:50:40 PM

I daresay the Queen has to go through  something like this too. in a parallel Universe.

Nah, she'll just pay. :wink:
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Diasi on April 09, 2022, 11:12:44 AM
The NHS is like the benefits system, those who use it at every touch & turn know the ropes.

Those who rarely use it struggle when they need to use it.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Scrumpy on April 09, 2022, 11:55:22 AM



That could be true.. 
I would have no idea how to queue jump.. But the way the country is going at the moment I wouldn't mind knowing a few tricks of the trade..
I suppose I could wait for 'A Boat Coming In' at Dover and sneakily join the the ranks..
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: GrannyMac on April 11, 2022, 07:09:15 AM
Quote from: Diasi on April 09, 2022, 11:12:44 AM
The NHS is like the benefits system, those who use it at every touch & turn know the ropes.

Those who rarely use it struggle when they need to use it.

Lots of truth there Diasi.
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Sheila on April 11, 2022, 08:09:39 AM
Paul had a text telling him to make an appointment but they don't answer the phone!
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: Scrumpy on April 11, 2022, 09:44:32 AM



It's like the Lottery..
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: klondike on April 11, 2022, 10:58:48 AM
It is for me. I never end up with a win
Title: Re: Stay healthy folks...
Post by: GrannyMac on April 11, 2022, 11:07:17 AM
I'm doing my best to stay healthy. Just finished an aqua aerobics session, I try and do 3 a week. My BP has never been better!    :grin: