Nhs At Breaking Point

[cupotee2]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-calls-british-red-cross-9574591

Scary time of year with so many people getting sick but still many turning up at A&E unessesarily.

[ChillDoubt]

Indeed there are, but when you have to wait 3 weeks for a GP appointment when you know all you need is some antibiotics prescribed it's no wonder people attend A&E unnecessarily.

[jourdain2]

I turned my left ankle on 2/12.. I knew it was a very bad sprain,, but not broken. I applied the RICE protocol and borrowed a stick. No reason to bother A & E (turns out that I damaged 2 tendons) people need to be rather more self-reliant.

[Zacs-Master]

Not everyone is from Yorkshire tho Jourdain.

[jourdain2]

More's the pity Z-M - would solve a lot of problems! :)

[Baldric]

according to the link

///The charity, which helps the NHS with high demand including at several hospitals in 2015///

[Old_Geezer]

Not everyone has confidence to diagnose themselves correctly. There should be more limp-in surgeries to take that part of the accident burden off of A&E.

[hc4361]

We have minor injuries units, walk in GP and health centres, urgent care centres and pharmacies (all in the plural, some open 7 days a week) in my area. No need to go to A&E unless it is a real emergency and certainly not for antibiotics.

[cupotee2]

HC4631 it would be wonderful to have all those facilities but, you won't find them here on the NHS I'm afraid.