Summary
In this opinion piece for the Daily Mail, journalist Tom Utley recounts his recent experience of a seven hour wait at A&E after receiving abnormal blood test results from his GP. He argues that fear of litigation is causing GPs to refer patients on to A&E unecessarily, contributing to the overcrowding happening at emergency departments. He also highlights inefficiencies in the system and states that lack of staff capacity to tell him he didn't require any treatment meant he stayed an additional hour and a half in the waiting room.
Tom Utley: My first visit to A&E since I broke my leg aged five was a seven-hour lesson in why the NHS has ground to a halt (24 November 2022)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11467543/TOM-UTLEY-visit-E-aged-five-lesson-NHS-ground-halt.html
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