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Is this because of the change in the gp hours or is it because there are more people being ill?
I know i hate being carried off in an ambulance when ive been ill. Mainly because all i want to do is go home and go to bed. I had to ring for one a few month ago but i was told to by nhs direct. All i wanted to know was can i take another painkiller - i was going to go and see my doc the following day - but they told me to ring for an ambulance to take me to the hospital. Felt stupid and all i could do was apologise to the ambulance men when they arrived. When i got to the hospital the nurse told me off for ringing for one and i told her i was told to by the nurse on nhs direct. She let me off then. Thing is though if we are told to ring for an ambulance by nhs direct for something well what are we going to do? We are going to ring them arent we.
Thing is though this is also putting pressure on casualty departments as well besides the ambulance service.
To me though the ambulance service is for when you are having an heart attack, stroke, accident from which you cannot walk or bleeding so heavily that a towel wrapped round and tied tight as a tourniquet and cant keep you till you can get to the hospital.
Ive had to ring for ambulances a few times for my mum and i think they do a great job and i wouldnt have their job for anything.