Comes to something when a Health Board needs to advise the population what A&E is for
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Comes to something when a Health Board needs to advise the population what A&E is for
Attachment 2133
I utterly despair.
What are people going there for then That is not classed as A&E?
It is funny you should ask that.....in my job I have to attend meetings with healthcare professionals and there was a senior nurse from A&E in Manchester recently who gave us examples of stupid dicks wasting the time of the staff there. The worst example was a woman who brought their child to A&E that had a wart on it's finger. It had sported this wart for a few weeks but one day decided it was really hurting so went to A&E. Apparently my suggestion of shooting the parent for being such a cock wasn't in their rule book!! This is 100% true by the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
WTF what a ****Quote:
Originally Posted by Maccy Blue
I was dumbfounded listening to some of the stuff she told us.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
It is an interesting one but when you hear stories of people here who cannot even speak the lanuage, I can't say I am surprised.
We take so many things for granted .
The list is endless mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
Some are even listed above to help you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
Missed doctors and consultant appointments cost the NHS millions
People who can afford to should be made to pay a fine
Those that can't afford it should have to donate an organ or be shot , very slowly
I'm sure that many, if not most, of the a&e time wasters speak English.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Can you prove evidence of that? I’m not disagreeing with you but would appreciate evidence to back that statement up.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM
No, I can't. I was going to ask Macadder to back up his assertion but couldn't be botheredQuote:
Originally Posted by Nick
May be Maccyblue can ask about it at his next meeting with health professionalsQuote:
Originally Posted by RichardM
That’s a shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM
:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
Go over llantrisant on a weekend/Monday I was there once for something that if I'd left could have been serious, and the amount of drunks and drugged up idiots there for stupid reasons baffled me. Just made the wait longer.. although they do prioritise you in a nice orderly fashion so the idiots do wait longer as they keep getting pushed down the queue.
Your issue is?Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Yes, but could the speak English?Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
I'm just dying for sludge to explain the mechanism involved in shooting somebody slowly. It sounds fascinating. :shrug::hehe:
I can't read this, I'm off to A&E to get my eyes tested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
From the nearby valleys after a weekend full of drugs, so no :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM
Absolutely nothing. Was laughing with you, at Jamie, even if that is hard to admit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
Won't spoil a good thread Nicholas.
Yes but we are talking about the riff raff who watch Jeremy Kyle and thirty yeard oldQuote:
Originally Posted by Nick
men who drink ten cans of Aldi’s finest on a Thursday night whilst wiggling their controllers to Assasins Creed.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-8697821.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Nick
8% of the UK population is foreign born. I don't know what percentage of those cannot speak English, but if they were able to make a up a majority of wasteful A&E visits it would require genius planning and execution.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
May be it's the way they pull the trigger, or they might do the action of drawing the gun in slow motion?Quote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
I will do - any excuse to speak to some lovely nurses!!Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM
How accurate is the assertion that 80% of statistics are made upQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
You wake up in the morning your child is sick, you ring your GP they have an appointment in 2 weeks time, they do not do walk in appointments, you go to the pharmacy and they suggest that they cannot give you something without a doctors appointment.
This is a very real situation for many, if you go to A&E you will see someone eventually, you will get that help.
Its a waste its something i have never done, but i can understand why t happens.
Your facts and considered arguments aren't welcome here.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Also:
https://fullfact.org/health/health-tourism-whats-cost/
You either A) Need to get up to the GP and stand in the queue before it opens to get an emergency apointment or B) If its a child involved then take them to prime care.Quote:
Originally Posted by qccfc
Cant speak on behalf of any other hospital, but in Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr the prime care weve received for our children when theyve been poorly has been excellent.
Virtually all GP surgeries will fit children in, treating it as "emergency" appointment. If yours doesn't, then might be worth looking to change GP.Quote:
Originally Posted by qccfc
Was at A&E with my mum, who had suffered a heart incident. One parent had taken their child there due to having a splinter. Another patient was complaining their knee was sore but managed to run outside for a ciggy.
Wife once had a medical emergency. the ambulance guys were fantastic. She was left screaming in pain as the male triage nure was busying looking at a girls sprained ankle instead. Ambulance guys sorted everything out, got nurses involved. As we were moved, triage guy said he'd sorted out everything for us. Ambulance guys response was "stfu before I punch you, this is yet another **** up you've made"...
I love ambulance guys.
I can draw on an experience I had a while back in my dentist.
A lady of what looked to be N African descent walked in demanding to see a dentist. It became clear that she could not comprehend what the receptionist was saying to to her, that you cannot just walk in unannounced and that you needed tob e registered and an appointment made.
The conversation went on a bit and the receptionist was getting pretty irate, as were others in the waiting area.
I got to thinking that perhaps it isn't as obvious as some might think. After all, isn't it all free over here?
Perhaps she was second generation and not educated in such matters. Perhaps this is the way her parents have always went on.
Of course, the lady could have been just "trying it on".
There are always people who believe they are THE single most important person.
My guess is that the sign posted by the OP has been produced just so staff can point to it before moving on to the proper emergencies.
(I can't read it very well but it give a number for translation?)
We are a very tolerant society, my guess is that the lady in question eventually got seen by somebody.
Dont now why the OP is so surprised. You see these guideline posters all around the place.
Weve even got a health and safety poster in the toilets in work giving a step by step guide on how to wash and moisturise your hands.
This is almost impossible to have a discussion about because GP services are so different from area to area (note they are somewhat private entities and therefore rigorous public oversight is removed) but it would work in a similar fashion where I live. You go, you wait, it can definitely be improved but the idea that you must go to A+E to get help is fantasy where I live.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
You definitely shouldn't go to A+E, that was not the point of my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Cartman
The problem is that in areas access to GPs are poor and people are confused by some of the structures in place (i have no idea where my local prime care service is).
It is of no surprise then that people end up at A+E where they are certain that they will see a doctor.
Why do hospital staff insist on using a hand gel that only kills 99.999% of germs when Toilet Duck kills 100%. This cavalier attitude to public safety is just not on.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Teams?Quote:
Originally Posted by qccfc
You can't walk in mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Cartman
You can however join everybody else at 8.30am and call and call trying to get through to get an emergency appointment.
They should have cut his finger off and shoved it up mummies noseQuote:
Originally Posted by Maccy Blue