The NHS
Yesterday my wife collapsed on the street. We had to wait for over an hour for an ambulance. A&E were very good. My wife was admitted at 2.30pm, there was then an argument between the consultant in casualty and the hospital bed manager. My wife needs to care for our five week old daughter and so needed to be moved to the post natal ward. The bed manager refused, until I escalated it to the General Manager at St Mary's (Paddington). The bed manager finally relented at 11.15pm.

So my wife and baby were left in A&E for almost nine hours, surrounded by fighting drunks.

I have always admired the NHS until now.

So my question is when have you been let down by something or someone you'd previously admired?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:25, 174 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Oh dear, hope she's ok. What was the matter?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Not sure yet - more tests to be done.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:18, Reply)

Not recently.
But something I'd given up on just came good, to spin it round a bit. Just got a job offer for a company in York, more money, more interesting, more... everything.

Anyone got some links to good resignation letters?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:31, Reply)

www.google.com
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:33, Reply)

That site is a revelation...
Are you telling me that I can search for *anything* using that??
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Dear boss,
I've been secretly knobbing your wife for six months. In light of my own guilt, I feel I should leave the company before I compromise myself.

P.S. I wouldn't go near her for a couple of weeks. Not until the test results come back.

;-)
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:35, Reply)

"I like this"

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:59, Reply)

I've been let down a lot by b3ta recently

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:31, Reply)

Glass house, teejb :P

( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:32, Reply)

OH HAI!
pft I don't let people down they are always surprised that I am even more betterererer in real life
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:34, Reply)

lol
everybody's better in real life. Except those that aren't.

Kroney - urban philosopher.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:35, Reply)

profound
There haven't been many b3tans I really didn't like in real life. Well there were those I didn't like online. But that probably doesn't count.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:37, Reply)

I didn't like anybody.
You were all awful.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:38, Reply)

Well this is going to make our restoration business tense

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:40, Reply)

berk can mediate
"Kroney asked me to ask you to hand him the 5 3/4" spanner"

"berk, can you please explain to Kroney that I'm not his fucking skivvy and he can get the damned thing himself?"
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:42, Reply)

It's like looking through a window to the future

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:43, Reply)

A future that contains two girls in oily overalls.
I suspect our customer base is mainly going to be male.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:47, Reply)

Put me down for two
What are you selling?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:53, Reply)

restored classic cars

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:00, Reply)

I prefer b3th's answer

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:02, Reply)

girls in oily overalls

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Sounds more like a cunt of a bed manager than the NHS being a dick
You did say you had two people fighting your corner for you.

I like the NHS.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:33, Reply)

Yep definitely the fault of the bed manager. A&E staff were great.
The bed manager was even refusing to answer her bleep to any contact from A&E for most of the evening.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Sorry to hear that, hope all is OK.
I don't get let down very often, because I never set high expectations.

Which is a bit of a wanky non answer really, but I only wanted to chip in at this point to say the first bit anyway.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:33, Reply)

I'm suprised there is such a long wait for an ambulance at that time of day on a weekday.
Out of hours/weekends they're understandably busy still, not a good show.

What was the cause of collapse?

Apologies on behalf of NHS staff. Honestly make a complaint, it's a bit of a ballache but complaints are taken seriously. Policy and procedures is nearly constanly monitored and if a complaint is upheald they may change them.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:35, Reply)

It's his job to say no as he has limited resources to juggle for an extremely busy city centre hospital

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:37, Reply)

A&E is not a good place for a 5 week old.
There's a clinical and child protection risk there and so should have been moved as soon as possible.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:42, Reply)

True, but the cogs of A&E turn very slowly
If he was that concerned he could have left with the kid or sat in the canteen. Her old dear is around surely she should have picked the kid up from the hospital.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:47, Reply)

Oh Rory
you're not onto a winner here.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:51, Reply)

Jeez I'm just trying to help here

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:53, Reply)

I'm starting to think you were the bed manager and were IRL trolling him.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:55, Reply)

You're all heart

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I sware I'll end up on Esther Rantzens 'Hearts of Gold' whenever it gets resurrected next.

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:57, Reply)

Her old lady was probably squeezing another one out in the maternity wing.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Yeah, she does have a guff problem, that's part of reason for battered hating her

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:58, Reply)

^ this ^

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:19, Reply)

I hope she's okay, and the little one too, of course.
You, I couldn't give two fucks about ;-)

I actually have a different experience to yours. Our local hospital is largely shit, and I have very low expectations of its staff and procedures. However, when mr b3th needed treatment last Friday, I have to say I was really impressed. They got him straight into a bed, hooked him up to a beepy machine, and he was seen by two doctors and two nurses right away. He didn't need to be admitted, thankfully.

On the other hand, people let me down all the time. I obviously have stupidly high expectations of other people, and they almost always disappoint. *sigh*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:42, Reply)

So the lesson here is to always be a pessimist?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:45, Reply)

That's what mr b3th keeps telling me...

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:53, Reply)

I've always found the NHS to be great until now. The treatment I have had for my epilepsy over the years has been very good. St Mary's were also great with the labour & birth of our daughter.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Maybe she should stop drinking so much in the daytime then.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:42, Reply)

Yeah, there's loads of people buying hookie Smirnoff vodka containing isopropanol for £7 down the market
lol it does the trick though!
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:55, Reply)

Fucking hell, are both OK?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:45, Reply)

My daughter is fine thanks. Quite worried about my wife though. They won't let me back in to the ward until 3pm
Which is fair enough and why I am pissing about on here at the moment.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Ahh, I see
Aye, I can imagine, hope all works out well.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:23, Reply)

Oh man, that sounds really horrific, what was the bed manager's excuse?
Could you not look after the kid while the wife stays in hospital?

I find the NHS can be horrific on some things, and stunningly amazing on others.

Apparnetly someone is going around putting nails into meat and leaving it around the park for dogs to pick up and eat.
imgur.com/jUDm6
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:46, Reply)

are you implying that Battered is a lazy cunt
and that it's his fault his wife collapsed,a nd he should do more to help with the baby?

That's a bit out of order
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Please dont comicly misinterprate my words, that's my own schtick, patent pending.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:54, Reply)

soz, lol

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:56, Reply)

Fivegiven.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I would guess that she is better equipped to feed a 5 week old child.
Sorry, I tried to care about that dog/nail link, but there was a link to a pretty girl wearing some nerd dress on the same page so I looked at that instead...
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:52, Reply)

I donno, can you lacate when you've just collapsed? There might be something wrong with your tit juice.
But I'm not a medical profesional, I wouldn't want to be one, in that last thread it showed they're not allowed to have opinions, and I like having opinions.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:56, Reply)

That sounded like you having an opinion on whether people should have opinions or not
You've just been struck off by the GMC
(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:00, Reply)

gosh darn it, can I still write my own 'scripts ?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:06, Reply)

Ketamine, last night.
It let my guard down and I was taken advantage of.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:49, Reply)

Someone steal your coat?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:55, Reply)

More likely nuts deep in mental clunge.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:57, Reply)

clunge Dave
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:24, Reply)

That does sound like a pretty horrific experience
You can add the sympathy of someone you don't know to your list. Hope they are both ok...
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:50, Reply)

I just had some excellent scrambled eggs on granary toast for lunch
best of all the eggs
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:52, Reply)

No, fried is best.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I like poached

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:56, Reply)

You're both wrong.
Poached, all the way.

But the granary toast was right.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:56, Reply)

Poached, definitely.
Also, I have an unnerving, but ultimately boring talent for perfectly poached eggs.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:02, Reply)

I too have a talent for poached eggs
and by talent I mean I cook them in clingfilm
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:04, Reply)

I do mine in coffee cups in the microwave
They mostly come out really well.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Reply to both above
One inch of water in a small frying pan, with a pinch of salt, pepper and lemon juice.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:07, Reply)

You're right
It is ultimately boring.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Ape and b3th shared.
It's only fair.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:10, Reply)

To be fair to you
I didn't find it unnerving
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:12, Reply)

Depends on how you use the lemon juice.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:17, Reply)

This is incorrect
also you have no say in the matter because you believe 'cheese and onion' crisps to be edible
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:56, Reply)

You're all wrong.
Eggs are bent. Eat meat.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:57, Reply)

I have rabbit for lunch :D

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Not only edible
but the best flavour.

I bet you think people who have kids when they're old aren't selfish too.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:58, Reply)

Al, if a modern, empowered woman
Wants to have a Downsy fliddish baby at the age of 50, then that's her right as it's her body.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:00, Reply)

That's all well and good
As long as she can provide a living for that child once it's been orphaned at an early age.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:02, Reply)

I don't think that point came up in the last thread at all.
At least, not that I can remember. It was all getting rather high-handed in there.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Downs flid porn.
There'll always be a market.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Or she dies at 71
the kid is 21 and recieves his interitence setting him up for life, win win
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:05, Reply)

It'd stand to inherit at a young age though.
Say... 5?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Unlike that bald bitch?
Seems she didn't pay tax for 4 years before she died, fucking idiot.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:10, Reply)

God man, how insensitive are you?
Don't you know it's not the done thing to be nasty about that racist retard now she's dead?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:23, Reply)

IVF should be availible to everyone regardless of age, situation, health or sex

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:01, Reply)

You are wrong.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Unfertilised.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:57, Reply)

No chicken fetuses for you

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Just to change the subject completely (sorry)
mr b3th has just asked me how to spell IQ.
In a stunning display of gonzism, it turns out he meant 'haiku'.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:00, Reply)

It's almost like he's prepairing you for our life-long love affair for when he kicks the bucket.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Not long now then Gonz
I've noticed he's getting a lot slower recently.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:04, Reply)

So how do you spell it then?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:06, Reply)

eye tee?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Courage?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Flash him some ankle, that'll get the heart rate going.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Or give him a coronary.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:11, Reply)

It's a win-win for me eaither way.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:15, Reply)

I've seen B3th's Ankles Gonz.
If you're good I'll describe them to you.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:16, Reply)

If the description contains the word 'puffy' or 'cankle'
I'll set Amberl on you.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:18, Reply)

NOOOOoooooooooo!
I'd never do that B3th, never.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:19, Reply)

I should hope not.
I very much enjoyed meeting you all, by the way.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Likewise, t'was a pleasure to meet you and Jeff.
Also Amber and Blousie, but I had met them before.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:23, Reply)

hurr hurr
Have you ordered one of those manly looking tools yet?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:27, Reply)

For someone who's online persona is a big bouncy puppy
You don't half have a dark side.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:18, Reply)

His IRL persona is not much different TBH
Better spelling though.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Bet he'd never get a tattoo or anything like that.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:20, Reply)

You would think not.
But I have seen evidence to the contrary, it look sfar less silly than it sounds.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:23, Reply)

Did you not see the memo?
He's got a tattoo now, he's totally bad ass.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:20, Reply)

You what?
What does it say... Love and piece?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:21, Reply)

It says I

stupid code recognition.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:23, Reply)

I less than three b3th
was waht I was trying to write.
But it doesn't matter now. It wasn't funny anyway.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:26, Reply)

It says Hakuna Matata
Or however you're supposed to spell it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:26, Reply)

I'm not sure what it means but it sounds like an Asian dessert

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:30, Reply)

'There are no worries' in Swahili
EDIT: Sorry, it can be translated as 'No worries', but ^^ that is the literal translation, according to wikipedia.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Fuck Wiki
If you can't trust The Lion King, what can you trust?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Nemo?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:39, Reply)

I wouldn't know where that fucker is.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Ask Dory

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:40, Reply)

She doesn't remember.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:41, Reply)

*nods to parent*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:42, Reply)

No worries.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Mister b3th haiku
Spelling it is very hard
Suggest norks out instead
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refridgerator
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:33, Reply)

*bows to superior haiku lord*
*gets head chopped off*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I know that St Mary's is undergoing significant re-building at the moment.
Because I am designing the controls for the building. A and E and baby unit are affected. This is probably why there was a problem for you.

That notwithstanding, I do hope all is well for you and your wife.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Thanks.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Thanks everyone.
They don't know why she collapsed - having more tests (inc neurological) today.

Hospital policy is for the baby to remain with the mother - particularly as my wife is breastfeeding the baby and that my daughter is only five weeks old. Hence my frustration with the bed situation.

Not going to complain at this stage as I don't want to piss anyone at the hospital off whilst she is still being treated. Afterwards though I will be contacting the Care Quality Commission and the Imperial College Trust.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Sounds like you're on the right track.
I wish you all the best.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:21, Reply)

^this, also

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:22, Reply)

There's a hospital complaints procedure, as you should well know. Going via the CQC at the first instance is fucking pathetic and involves needless effort and administration
OMG WE WEREN@T TREATED LIKE CHARLES AND DIANA YOU@RE ALL GONNA PAY BIG TIME
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:22, Reply)

It was the consultant in A&E who suggested the CQC. Will try PALS also if that is appropriate.
Nobody expects the NHS to treat them like royalty, but the A&E bed policy is 4 hours not 9 and the place for an ill mother with a five week old baby is the post natal ward.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:25, Reply)

Good job those nice Tories are scrapping those needless time targets

(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Shit happens all the time, a nine hour wait in A&E is a common occurance irrespective of their guidelines.
If an A&E consultant suggested the CQC as the first stop for a routine file and bin complaint then he's got an axe to grind and enjoys having peoples time wasted no end. What a prick. There's a hospital complaints procedure for a reason, escalating it beyond that is fucking irksome. www.imperial.nhs.uk/patients/complaints/
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:32, Reply)

So, are you telling me that if your wife (if you have one?) and your five week old daughter (if you have kids?) were left in A&E for nine hours, where (as Chompy correctly says) there is clinical and child protection risk (and you are not allowed to take the baby away from the mother) you'd be happy to ignore the advice given about how to complain?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Why would you bother responding to him?
Just ignore him, it's words on the internet, you know they're doing it to get a rise out of you.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:41, Reply)

I'm not rising Al - it's pretty clear from everyone's responses who is being reasonable...

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:47, Reply)

ooh, ohh, let me guess...
it's Rory, isn't it? Rory. That's my answer.

No? Shit.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:52, Reply)

Having a child in A&E for 9 hours is stupid, there are many things stupid with the nhs, that is a part of life
Running off in tears to the CQC is fucking pathetic where there's a complaints guideline in place.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)

The staff would not allow me to take my baby away from her mother.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:48, Reply)

Fuck off Rory
He is worried about his wife and child. I'll take a guess in "Roryville" that is "fucking pathetic" too
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Oh right so that entitles him to be top of the queue does it, king of the nhs eh?
I've got a fuck trophy here so I should have that bed or by Christ I'll be on to the CQC.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Except I'm a sneaky shit, so I'll wait until my wife has been treated

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:35, Reply)

He has valid reasons for wanting to be transferred and you would do EXACTLY the same thing in his shoes

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Every wanker is 'equally' important in A&E in their own minds, running off with the boo hoo's to the CQC and willfully ignoring the hospital complaints procedure is a fucking ballache

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Well the triage Sister decided on the importance of it all initially and then the A&E consultant got involved because she agreed with what should happen.
As I explained, it was the consultant that told me to contact the CQC (I had never heard of it) and I will also contact PALS. So I am not willfully ignoring any procedure just following the advice given to me by a senior Doctor.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:44, Reply)

Yes, but will the overwhelming evidence still prevent Rory from having a bone-headed opinion?
Our survey says...
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:47, Reply)

I don't see the CQC as the first port of call for a hospital complaint on the handy link up there.
You certainly seem to be ignoring that.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:49, Reply)

As did the consultant, so it would seem
Perhaps he/she thought it was serious enough to go straight there?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:50, Reply)

I'm not really willing to go off of what Battered has said, he's somewhat subjective here.
If the Consultant felt it such an important matter he wouldn't have allowed such a situation to exist for 9 hours. I'm pretty sure the Hospital would happily distance itself from his advise and refer the intrepid Battered to the handy link above.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:55, Reply)

Perhaps the consultant had only recently started shift?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:58, Reply)

Correct. She came on duty at 8pm.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:59, Reply)

As I have said I am also going to contact PALS.
Which is covered under Step One of the information supplied from the link you kindly provided.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:59, Reply)

They're not real email addresses.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:29, Reply)

HAHA!
And they aren't case sensitive either
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:30, Reply)

Christ that winds me up
when people spell their e-mail address and say "it's all lower case". Fucking bellends.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:35, Reply)

Indeed.
Annoyingly I always type mine out with upper case letters for my initials, even though I know it makes no difference
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Do you know what I do Al?
I just type it using ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS!1!1
That shows 'em.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I send them pictures of a flaming paper bag
and when they reply asking me what it was, I jump out from under their desk and smash a dog turd RIGHT IN THEIR STUPID FAT FACE!

Editted for spelling specialness
(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:42, Reply)

POIDH

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)

What's a dog turn?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:44, Reply)

One woof for left, two for right

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:44, Reply)

On balance, that seems a measured, fair and appropriate response.
You're nothing if not reasonable Al.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:57, Reply)

I met this bloke from the internet at a bash
he was a let down.
( WormuIus, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:41, Reply)

Was he from Milton Keynes?
I always find the ones from Milton Keynes are a let down.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)

Your inflatable wife is a let down too

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)

WAaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:45, Reply)

I'm going to Tayyabs for lunch tomorrow.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:46, Reply)

Enjoy, I'm actually having to go down to london tonight.
I left my house keys at a friends on Saturday. I am a spastic.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:47, Reply)

I thought he sucked you off in a train station.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:44, Reply)

Yeah, but apparently he wasn't as good at it as he'd claimed.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:46, Reply)

I can only apologise
I was not on top form.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:53, Reply)

Everytime my wife has a bad experience in an NHS hospital
I remind her that some people don't have access to any healthcare at all and we get it for free.

This makes everything OK.
( Peej, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:53, Reply)

I was doing this to my self yesterday
After being woken by an ear-ache at 3AM and having to wait til 1PM to see a doctor, I was briefly annoyed.

Then I thought How lucky I was to have a doctor 10 minutes walk away able to see me the same day, for free, and prescribe me some anti-biotics, for free, that would clear it all up for me.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:56, Reply)

Sorry to hear that fella
I got a call this morning on the way to work and when I answered it was the bank automated fraud thing. So I hung up until I got to work, all the while puzzled because I hadn't bought anything foreign, which is usually what trips it.

When I called and got through all the identity bumf, the first transaction was £10 this morning. Not me! I got connected to an operator and found there were five £10 O2 top-ups over the past ten days. When I told him I used to be an O2 customer - even though I said I was never on PAYG - he refused to mark them as fraud or block future transactions and said I had to go to O2.

But 10 minutes of pissing about on google and O2 lead me to the conclusion it was a cloned card and nothing O2 could do. So I went back, got a different guy, said I wasn't an O2 customer (technically true) and he happily marked all the top-ups as fraudulent, plus an entry I wasn't sure about, cancelled my card and issued a new one.

So the one time Santander's automated fraud detection *isn't* preventing me buying "specialist" porn is the one time they're useless cunts. But then they were alright the second go round.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:59, Reply)

wow, glad you came back if this is the gold you are going to deposit on us.
The NHS is better than a lot of what's out there and has saved my life twice and my mum.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 14:08, Reply)