I attended A&E on the recommendation of NHS 111 after not being able to manage my pain with GP prescribed medication. I attended for severe back and abdominal pain with an idea of what the GP suspected the issue to be. My GP also said to go to A&E should my condition worsen as I am at risk of something rupturing. During triage I was asked what my pain was on a scale of 1 to 10 and I said 8. I did not feel like I was being listened to. I had my blood pressure done and was sent back to the waiting room. After 2 or so more hours of sitting on the hard chairs as well as standing whilst being bent double with the pain, I had to knock on the door and practically beg for pain relief with tears running down my face. Pain knocking on a 10 at this point. Not once was I asked if I was okay. A nurse came and administered oral morphine in the waiting room. This didn’t help so an hour later I asked to go home. I needed to be laying down not sat in chairs. I really felt like the staff didn’t care. Just because I wasn’t rolling around in the floor, it doesn’t mean that I’m not in severe pain. As I was leaving I saw two nurses who I’d spoken to on arrival. They could not believe that I was leaving without being seen given they knew how much pain I was in. If I ever need treatment again I would rather drive over an hour to Wythenshawe than be treated at Leighton hospital.
"Worse than awful"
About: Leighton Hospital Leighton Hospital Crewe CW1 4QJ
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