I recently attended Ninewells A&E and there were people (patients) not wearing masks or not wearing them properly (pulling down below their mouths for the whole time they were in waiting area) and then acting in a way that felt I and other people in the waiting room could be put at risk of covid (coughing/speaking/talking/laughing really loudly/moving around the area so at risk of spreading covid even if they were asymptomatic).
I didn't feel confident enough to ask these people to keep their masks on as I was with my child and did not want to antagonise them as they were quite loud but there didn't seem to be anything in place from the NHS point of view to check whether people were sticking to covid guidance when attending A&E at Ninewells.
It made me and my child really anxious to be in this situation - we were there there for a non-covid reason (stressful enough) and followed guidance but potentially put at risk by other people in the waiting area not following covid guidance (even more stressful).
"Covid: people not using masks in A&E"
About: Ninewells Hospital / Accident & Emergency Ninewells Hospital Accident & Emergency DD1 9SY
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