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Chrysalis · 25-03-2016, 16:58

I was close to posting here last night to say farewell thinking I was dieing.

Basically I had to go to the royal infirmary in leicester last night, and in my adult life I have never seen such chaos.

1 - Security guards and porter casually talking in front of patients that its stupid there is more security guards than nurses.
2 - 200 people waiting to see one nurse in a&e minors, eventually agency staff turned up, there was also no doctors until agency staff turned up.
3 - waiting 6 hours to be transferred from a&e minors to majors. due to lack of beds
4 - When I got to majors (4am) I and other patients were sitting in hard plastic chairs as no beds to use (I wasnt bothered as my pain was worse lieing down). But some looked in huge agony having to sit like they were.
5 - I have no complaints in all the staff that dealt with me, but however at 6am a manager appeared on the ward and was applying huge pressure on my doctor to discharge me, he fighted it for 90 minutes but she got another doctor to bypass him, when he tried to get me powerful meds to take home she shouted at him in front of everyone saying to tell me to take paracetamol (which one of the reasons I Was there was ineffective). I had to have a morphine injection whilst there.
6 - When discharged the doctor told me the manager's name and said to make it clear on record he didnt initiate the discharge, told me if it persists (note he didnt say if gets worse) to go back. He also told me if I get slurred speach, paralysation etc, to ring 999 suggesting he hadnt confidently ruled out a stroke.

I was going to speak to this manager on the way out but she seemed to vanish, had no energy to chase her down due to the pain so went home. The good news is my CT scan was clean so I dont think I had a stroke at least. However I remain undiagnosed on a bank holiday friday.

My honest opinion based on observation the NHS has gone downhill sharply since I last went to a&e a couple of years back. Clearly needs an injection of cash, and probably lots of it. google and co should be ashamed of themselves.

25-03-2016, 16:58	#241
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: More cuts from failing Osborne I was close to posting here last night to say farewell thinking I was dieing. Basically I had to go to the royal infirmary in leicester last night, and in my adult life I have never seen such chaos. 1 - Security guards and porter casually talking in front of patients that its stupid there is more security guards than nurses. 2 - 200 people waiting to see one nurse in a&e minors, eventually agency staff turned up, there was also no doctors until agency staff turned up. 3 - waiting 6 hours to be transferred from a&e minors to majors. due to lack of beds 4 - When I got to majors (4am) I and other patients were sitting in hard plastic chairs as no beds to use (I wasnt bothered as my pain was worse lieing down). But some looked in huge agony having to sit like they were. 5 - I have no complaints in all the staff that dealt with me, but however at 6am a manager appeared on the ward and was applying huge pressure on my doctor to discharge me, he fighted it for 90 minutes but she got another doctor to bypass him, when he tried to get me powerful meds to take home she shouted at him in front of everyone saying to tell me to take paracetamol (which one of the reasons I Was there was ineffective). I had to have a morphine injection whilst there. 6 - When discharged the doctor told me the manager's name and said to make it clear on record he didnt initiate the discharge, told me if it persists (note he didnt say if gets worse) to go back. He also told me if I get slurred speach, paralysation etc, to ring 999 suggesting he hadnt confidently ruled out a stroke. I was going to speak to this manager on the way out but she seemed to vanish, had no energy to chase her down due to the pain so went home. The good news is my CT scan was clean so I dont think I had a stroke at least. However I remain undiagnosed on a bank holiday friday. My honest opinion based on observation the NHS has gone downhill sharply since I last went to a&e a couple of years back. Clearly needs an injection of cash, and probably lots of it. google and co should be ashamed of themselves.