Thanks for your supportvWonky and Dove. Im very irritated by the waste of a whole day sitting amongst coughing people with no word from any of the staff to indicate what’s going on behind the closed doors. No sign of patients going in or coming out. The chairs could be a bit more comfortable as well instead of Moulded plastic shapes on thin metal legs. Grrr! Never mind, he’s gone to lay down now, so I should be glad that we are where we can please ourselves.
Really Pdoc? I was told the ones in Belgium were little egrets and these, which I know to be cattle egrets, look the same. Oh well. Interesting birds either way.
Grey and murky here as mist lifts. I hope everyone who had the storms is OK.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Morning all. A horrible weather day forecast here - such a dilemma for shoes/coats/umbrellas this time of year. I love AutumWatch - although I suppose it is similar every year, so I might give the U.S. a try - probably have amazing “leaf peeping”. I hope they do stories from the U.K. too. Keep well everyone. Ripped muscle sounds very painful @Pat E - hope hubby ok.
Thanks AR. Yes he’s uncomfortable, which is why he agreed to go in, but it still irritates me that there doesn’t seem to be any sensible system in there. I’m quite happy to let seriously ill people to have priority, but you’d think they have a small team for the quickly seen and moved on so to that the ones left wondering (and suffering) have a good reason to wait.
It's universal Pat and mostly about staffing levels but also, I think, about no idea of what it's like being on the other end. Remember taking OH to A&E in Belgium once and, because there'd been a big traffic accident we all had to wait ages, including a young girl who, it turned out, had broken both wrists coming off a swing the wrong way. No triage, no info about waiting time, seemed uncaring but just being too busy.
I hope he behaves and rests properly.
Good to see you Wonky. Glad you're enjoying your new job.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The A&E here has a really good triage system ... Real Emergencies get seen quickly ... those of us with breaks, sprains etc get sent to the Ambulatory Clinic next door and seen to, x-rays and immediate care given and an appointment made within the next for any further x-rays, treatment etc so when I went with my broken foot on a Friday last year I was home within the hour and had an appointment for the following Monday morning once the swelling had subsided a bit to be checked over and fitted with my big plastic boot and given a walking frame.
The system works well and it's in the local paper today that it's being adopted in another major hospital in the region.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Very efficient trip to hospital this morning, in for various tests at 8.00, all done and out by 8.45. Sorry about hubby @Pat E. Nice to see you again @WonkyWomble @Obelixx, they are very similar, so you can be forgiven for thinking they are the same species.
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Grey and murky here as mist lifts. I hope everyone who had the storms is OK.
A horrible weather day forecast here - such a dilemma for shoes/coats/umbrellas this time of year.
I love AutumWatch - although I suppose it is similar every year, so I might give the U.S. a try - probably have amazing “leaf peeping”. I hope they do stories from the U.K. too.
Keep well everyone. Ripped muscle sounds very painful @Pat E - hope hubby ok.
I hope he behaves and rests properly.
Good to see you Wonky. Glad you're enjoying your new job.
Lilly hope your eye gets better soon too.
The system works well and it's in the local paper today that it's being adopted in another major hospital in the region.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Very efficient trip to hospital this morning, in for various tests at 8.00, all done and out by 8.45.
Sorry about hubby @Pat E.
Nice to see you again @WonkyWomble
@Obelixx, they are very similar, so you can be forgiven for thinking they are the same species.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border