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"A nasty fall in the ice in Aylesbury"

About: South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust / NHS 111 Stoke Mandeville Hospital / Accident and emergency

(as a service user),

I tripped over while crossing the road, due to a pile of ice and slush, and as I fell forward on my hands and face, my left ankle was twisted and I was in severe pain. Two men picked me up and helped me back to my car, and when I got home, I treated the enormous swelling on my left ankle joint, with cold compress and then crepe bandage supports.  I have spent a very uncomfortable night, and in the morning could barely walk and have had to rely on one right leg and support from the furniture and handrail.  I rang 111 and then got through to Bicester who recommended I take an ambulance or a taxi within the next four hours, to your A&E. I have managed to get dressed and rang your hospital, thinking that I might be able to get some practical advice, and was unceremoniously cut off by your receptionist.  I was told eventually by A&E that they are run off their feet, and that I should get an ambulance. 

Without sounding rude, I rarely go to the doctor or to the hospital, but this morning, felt that as I can barely walk outside, that somebody may have been able to offer me some advice, say a medical person, or whether somebody medical capable, could visit me, and have a look at my ankle.  Given the weather conditions outside, I think it unreasonable to expect a person who has sustained an injury to try to walk outside and get a taxi or drive to the hospital, and I do not wish to put too much stress on the ambulance service.  I don't take kindly to the way I was spoken to on the phone, when your receptionist hung up.  They seemed to be uninterested and couldn't care less.

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Response from Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 6 years ago
Submitted on 14/12/2017 at 12:02
Published on Care Opinion at 12:50


Dear Enquirer,


Thank you for your post above. I was very sorry to learn you experienced such a painful fall as a result of the conditions caused by recent bad weather.

I note you have now also been in touch via our PALS service and we are in the process of investigating and responding to your concern.

Kind regards

PALS Service
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
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