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[Mister Rog]

And we wonder why . . . the ambulance service and A&E departments can't cope.

Maybe there should be a Department for Egg Advice ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-42788584/woman-calls-999-over-broken-eggs-in-fridge

I went to a local A&E about a year or so ago with severe hand laceration, dripping blood etc, the department was full of morons and relatives drinking coffee and moaning. Nobody dying, or bleeding, or whatever. The "shock horror" stories in the press have little to do with underfunding, and everything to do with halfwits misusing our healthcare system.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Correct, I had the same experience, a large percentage at time wasting twits.

Plus there appears to be a growing trend of GPs not doing home visits and simply advising the patient to go to A&E/Drop-In or call an Ambulance.

[aaronjb]

Growing trend? I thought they'd stopped doing home visits about 40 years ago.. although to be fair I do know they attended my other half's severely disabled sister at home, which did tell me they do still do them in exceptional circumstances.

Incidentally, though, if either of you had attended A&E while I was there you'd probably have concluded I was one of those time wasters with no visible injuries or problems - though I was, in reality, in agony, as my bowels had popped out through a hernia (There was, of course, also a drunk and two crazies waiting in the same room)

[amba]

My eldest daughter is an A @ E sister .

She says about 75% of people attending have either minor issues which could be dealt with at a chemist/doctors nurse,or seem to delight in self harming or abusing their bodies.

A @ E is accident and emergency but is a "pass the buck " from all other services

[Kevin Wood]

A @ E is accident and emergency but is a "pass the buck " from all other services

Yep, the problem is, we're passing the buck from relatively cheap services (chemist, police cell, GP, care home, "just effing get over it") to a very expensive one, then wondering why the NHS is a money pit and not performing.

[biggriffin]

Another area of British life, that president TB, can deal with once we have him running the country, and the cull will begin........


Vote TB

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And we wonder why . . . the ambulance service and A&E departments can't cope.

Maybe there should be a Department for Egg Advice ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-42788584/woman-calls-999-over-broken-eggs-in-fridge

I went to a local A&E about a year or so ago with severe hand laceration, dripping blood etc, the department was full of morons and relatives drinking coffee and moaning. Nobody dying, or bleeding, or whatever. The "shock horror" stories in the press have little to do with underfunding, and everything to do with halfwits misusing our healthcare system.

It's because the service is free...........combined with the growth of the snowflake generation.


Prior to 1948 people ( especially those on a low wage) would sorted any minor ailments with an economical home remedy.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Growing trend? I thought they'd stopped doing home visits about 40 years ago.. although to be fair I do know they attended my other half's severely disabled sister at home, which did tell me they do still do them in exceptional circumstances.

Incidentally, though, if either of you had attended A&E while I was there you'd probably have concluded I was one of those time wasters with no visible injuries or problems - though I was, in reality, in agony, as my bowels had popped out through a hernia (There was, of course, also a drunk and two crazies waiting in the same room)

My observation is totally based on fact not assumption 

A girl with a paper cut....needed a plaster....fixed to her finger in the waiting room after 3 hours of waiting
A guy with stomach cramps who pissed off after a few hours because he had had a good shit
A man (of foreign decent) with a headache who only went to A&E as the Paracetamols were free
Numerous drunks and druggies
Some idiot who had sawn through his hand to the thumb bone.....oh that was me

[aaronjb]

Some idiot who had sawn through his hand to the thumb bone.....oh that was me

 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Triage should have a TB type sat in the room with an AK47.  Any non emergency cases would be taken round the back for treatment..... 

I think it would clean up the gene pool and sort out the overcrowding problems the NHS has very quickly! 

[Bigron]

No, don't have TB do that: a better way would be to use these breakless idiots for organ donation - keep them in a warm tank somewhere until needed.....

Ron.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Growing trend? I thought they'd stopped doing home visits about 40 years ago.. although to be fair I do know they attended my other half's severely disabled sister at home, which did tell me they do still do them in exceptional circumstances.

Incidentally, though, if either of you had attended A&E while I was there you'd probably have concluded I was one of those time wasters with no visible injuries or problems - though I was, in reality, in agony, as my bowels had popped out through a hernia (There was, of course, also a drunk and two crazies waiting in the same room)

More popular with geriatrics the age of STMO I would have though.

Not great for a 'young stud about town' such as yourself, Aaron.

[aaronjb]

Quite common for fat bloaters like myself, though, as I understand it.. had it repaired and a mesh inserted now (back end of last year) so hopefully "the lump" won't put in another appearance for a while! (Though I'm told recurrence rate is high for hernias)

[STEMO]

Quite common for fat bloaters like myself, though, as I understand it.. had it repaired and a mesh inserted now (back end of last year) so hopefully "the lump" won't put in another appearance for a while! (Though I'm told recurrence rate is high for hernias)

I’ve had one for 13 years (inguinal). I just pop it back in and carry on regardless, as people of my generation do. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

On an episode of Embarrassing Bodies one fella had a hernia the size of a medicine ball.