From inside the NHS...
Its not perfect but its available to you whenever you need it. And yes, sometimes Drs and Nurses may seem slightly uncaring but we actually are human, usually a human who has worked for the last 10 hours with a ten minute break and probably really really needs to pee.

But we actually do care and are trying to help you in the best way that we can but shouting at me wil not get you sen quicker it will only cause you to be removed from the A&E and probably make a very harrased nurse cry.

And if you come into A&E,you will have to wait. Thats the nature of the system. If you have to wait more then 4 hours in minors waiting room, thats either due to the sheer volume of people, or if it doesn't seem that busy, think about what may possibly be going on in another area of the department. More then likely, there is somebody seriously ill in resus, possibly a child, possibly someone like you, and thats were the Drs and nurses are.

And to those of you who have been dealt a shit hand by the NHS, I can only apologise that you have come across the lazy and uncaring side, te rest of us are quite nice.

SO all in all, yay for the NHS but more staff and less patients woud be lovely please!!

*puts soapbox away*
(minsh, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 10:38, 3 replies)

and the fact
that it's free is nice too.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 10:39, closed)

Good point
Well made!!
(minsh, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 10:55, closed)

Which is just as well really
Given the fact that I've been on long-term medication since 1991.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 11:10, closed)