"Rubbish!"

We attended this week after our Doctor sent us to A&E as an emergency as my son had suspected appendicitis. He sent us with the paperwork which had "?Appendicitus" in capitals written across it in bright red ink. We also explained to the woman on the front desk what the issue was and explained he'd been sent up there to have blood tests and a scan. After waiting a while (normal for A&E) he got seen in Triage. We explained what the issue was to the nurse's back as she didn't turn round once to speak to us, just jotted something down and then sent us to X-ray. We thought the scans and X-rays were in the same area so didn't question it, however we did question it when my son was given a chest X-ray and not a scan! I spoke to a nurse about the fact he'd not been given the scan he needed and she said he was down to have bloods taken but they'd had an influx of patients so he'd have to wait. I explained that I understood this but questioned why he was given a chest X-ray rather than a scan, to which she fobbed me off with the reasoning "they may have been seeing if his cough had caused the pain!" Seriously?! After waiting for another couple of hours with nothing happening we opted to go home with the plans to take my son to A&E in Pilgrim if he got worse. 10 hours later A&E rang me to ask where he'd gone! Avoid this place at all costs, it's a joke!