I was told after a gp telephone consultation that I was to ring 999 as I was suspected of having my bulging disc bulging onto my spinal cord causing caudia equina as I was in severe pain and having internittant bladder invontinence and severe loss of sensation and ipuns and needles. The doctor at A & E and the nurse were very good and treated me very kindly as I also have another severe chronic pain condition. However, it was the admittance in acute ward A room 18 that has led to this complaint. I was only offered a drink after 7pm and given pain relief at 18.30pm (despite the doctor requesting it hours before at A & E) I was never offered anything to eat at all. I was not seen by a doctor, I was sitting on dirty bed sheets ( with previous stains on) from God know what. I wanted to know when I would have my MRI scan as I was in severe pain in a bed too small and just left for hours. I was told it would be up to 24 hours ( despite and e wanting it done today) When I was left for another two hours ( no food etc) I pressed my buzzer and asked if I could go home as nothing was happening tonight could I come back for an bro scan tomorrow . When a nurse came she was very rude and said I can’t be that bad if I’m not patient enough to wait and just walked off. I could barely walk which she could see and just started chatting to someone. I’m still alone in pain with possible caudia equina and the NHS don’t care
"Treated like a time waster once admitted"
About: Royal Blackburn Hospital / Accident and emergency Royal Blackburn Hospital Accident and emergency Blackburn BB2 3HH
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