One-fifth of us misuse A&E.

[Kaz]

Cruiser, in fairness to the A&E dept the two patients had been to minor injuries/walk-in to be assessed and had been considered in need of referral to A&E for further treatment; isn't that how things should work?

Yes if you are referred and are ill enough you will, quite rightly, be shown straight to a cubicle, bypassing triage and the queues - it happened to me when I was expecting H and had hyperemesis (the same thing Princess Kate had) The doc took one look at me, got me to try to walk a straight line - I weaved all over the room - my speech was becoming incoherent, and he told my ex to take me straight to A&E where they would be waiting with a drip set up - and they were!

[Workingman]

I wasn't having a go at Cruiser, all I was pointing out was that some people do go the advised route and might, therefore, appear to be favoured at A&E. They are not, they have done the triage part somewhere else and have been assessed as needing further treatment.

I would prefer that than the free-for-all that is the weekend in most A&E depts.

[Kaz]

I'm sure nobody thinks you were Frank xx