[lettie]

I can second what Margaret has said. Some GPs will send people to hospital with things that should be treated by them... This is to prevent being called out at night, to free up a busy surgery or because they don't feel confident to deal with you in the surgery. The latter reason is especially true if you happen to be pregnant. GPs are terrified of pregnant ladies and will send them to hospital with the simplest of non-pregnancy related conditions eg, colds, chest infections etc. I very much suspect that they send other people with known medical conditions to hospital, even with symptoms unrelated to that condition, because people with lots of medical conditions are time consuming to deal with.