At 4pm today, I cut my finger deep whilst cutting up a raw chicken into portions for freezing. I poured TCP on it and managed to stop the bleeding. Five hours later it had started to swell and ache so I rang NHS Direct who told me to go to A&E. Was told on arrival at 9.30pm that there was a 3 hour queue!!!
I had a tetanus injection and a finger splint and have got back home after 4 hours at 1.30am. That is an abysmal service - especially since the 2 vending machines were out of order too!! - There were young children in there waiting and suffering - no means of refreshment!!!
The chairs were not designed for sitting on for 3 hours- Altogether a most dismal experience.
