[Arthurgray50@blu]

Well this is what shocked me. On Xmas Eve, l had to take my mother in law to hospital - she is 86.

The GP advised her to go to A&E, as she had an inlflammed knee, which she couldn't bend.

I attended A&E and was totally shocked at the people there, that could have gone to there own GP.

There was a young 6 year old child there running round and kicking a ball. The Doctor called the childs name, and the mum got up picked up the child and the doctor said was it the child. The mum said yes, and a nurse in blue uniform.

Asked what was wrong, the mum said he child had a sore throat. The doctor said, go to your GP. The mum said OK and went.

This is a total misuse of this great service.

I don't think you can blame GPs for this. The hospital have a triage Nurse, and that Nurse should have said either Hospital treatment or GP full stop.

My mother in law was seen, and was told that she had strained the ligaments in her knee, and she needed a wheelchair and plenty of ice, and painkillers.

The surgery that l go to has THREE GPs on duty everyday. So there is no excuse. All it is that people cannot wait, so they go straight to the nearest A&E