"Patient heal thyself!!"

Went to accident and emergency at 10.27pm, waited for 4 hours just to be assessed and saw 2 nurses. Explained mine was an on going condition and I am seeing a Consultant for said condition.

The second nurse I saw was very offhand to me, as I had been to UCC Many times I know the drill!

I felt he just wanted to get rid of the patients, perhaps because of red tape and paper work etc.

The nurse told me things that I knew from previous visits and being looked after by Doctors/Consultants that the nurseswere different to their Consultant s views!!!!

They then told me that they would refer me to the GP that was on duty but I would have to wait another 5 yes 5 hours as their was only one GP on duty.This was at

2.10am! Why is their only one GP on duty, in the UCC their was always 2.

I felt so ill so went to reception who told me to go to a'hub'!!

I decided to come home, it's scary sitting in an open area with drunks for another 5 hours.

I've now arrived home, I had to walk through town centre by myself, sacrifIce never been treated like this was my first experience at the new A&E.

All that money spent on it and you only have one GP on for Primary Care.

So thank you to that nurse, I've left a trail of vomit all the way into town, would they have wanted his family member to be left like this.

I know it's a hard job but a bit of kindness goes a long way.

So I repeat the heading "patients heal thyself"