NHS A and E experience

I was in the "come in by ambulance" side of things.
It wasnt good.
The actual ambulance came within 25 minutes. Which was acceptable for the person I was with.
Only 4 ambulances outside. Again, acceptable.
Her assessment was good enough too[they told me though, when I got there, that patient was outside when she was already inside, but I guess that happens]. [Though when you dont know what state a patient may really be in, it all adds up to precious minutes.]

It was after that, that you could see room had definitely run out.
And it was only 11am.
Though, in our case, it didnt get that much more crowded during that day[normal tuesday] than it already was.

It's a scary scenario being played out across the country and we haven't even started on the winter yet.
Too many people have no need to go to A&E. It stands for Accident & Emergency and if it's neither, then don't go. However, if people can't see a GP or are on a lengthy waiting list they think a trip to A&E might get some results.
We had a lovely Walk-In Centre nearby which was closed recently. Where will people with minor complaints go now? To A&E, that's where,

So sorry Primrose53. I do know how dreadful A&E departments can be. The last time my DH had a fall and banged his head we waited in a corridor for 8 hours, he had a CT which showed a 3mm subdural bleed but said it was too small a bleed to have him admitted for and sent him home with instructions for me to look out for increased drowsiness, headaches, nausea, and confusion. Two days later he was complaining of headaches and feeling sick so we returned, 9 hours in A&E this time, my DH had a seat in the corridor again, but there were no seats left, people were sitting and lying on the floor, so I sat propped on the edge of a table, another CT, only for them to say the bleeding is stable so he was sent home again.
Is horrible. I just dread another fall.

It's shocking in so many places now, Primrose53, we dread the thought of having to go into hospital. Bed blocking is a big problem. We need convalescent homes.

The staff are coping as best they can, trying to treat patients in corridors; a friend spent three days on a chair in a corridor having been taken in by ambulance after a heart attack.

I hope your husband makes a good recovery.

Sadly, well in my limited experience, there is no respect of age either.

They go by medical need. Which is fair enough I guess?

A&e, coming in by ambulance. nothing as bad as your experience.
But the same, on a smaller scale, around here.

To be fair, from the corridor point of view, apart from everyone squeezing past everyone else, and some lack of privacy[everyone was staring at the person I was with, even some medical staff], whether it was a corridor or somewhere else, made little difference.
It was at least warm enough.

How awful for you. I hope that your husband recovers 💐

What a day for you! It’s what we hear all the time now isn’t it?
Corridor care, waiting room care because the trolleys and the beds are full.Ambulances queued up as well.
We have now become like a third world country where hospitals are concerned.

I forgot to say that last week there were 164 patients in hospital beds there just bed blocking as there were no care home places or anywhere else for them to go to.