"They simply don't have time"

Hip replacement on a Tuesday evening discharged by Thursday lunchtime. Told by nurse in charge it was because they had been instructed to make bed spaces, other than that I wouldn’t be going home. Blood pressure was still low, feeling sick. 

Pre care was fantastic, joint school wealth of information, anaesthetic team and surgeon wonderful. Post op care on the ward - seems to me that each shift of nurses are running at least two staff members short. The nurses can be short with the patients and they simply don’t have time to offer the best care anymore. Buzzers rung mean a delay in a nurse answering. I never did get my second TED stocking put on, my friend (retired nurse) did it at visiting.  The nursing staff must be so demoralised. 

The consequence of this early discharge resulted in a visit to A&E 2 days later, sitting for 6 hours (not good after hip surgery) because of suspected infected wound. No one would answer the numbers given out for any further aftercare.  So unnecessary with proper on ward care until fully ready for home.