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Is there not a minor unit people can go to? To take pressure off A & E ….Is there one nearby? Personally think people who literally waste A and E time for stupid things like hiccups, bad bruise, etc should be charged…. Not emergency at all and a lot of pharmacists can help as well with advice on say migraine, minor sprains, bruising etc…

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Yes it is. If you are having a heated discussion with someone asking them if they are ok in that manner is questioning whether they are thinking straight, it's an incredibly passive aggressive line of questioning designed to imply someone is having some sort of mental health crisis. It was during the time when there were some quite unpleasant individual/s like Mr Chicken/LTN Manatee/LTNBooHoo and things started to get out of hand and some posters questioned the mental state of others. Admin made it perfectly clear that questioning another poster's mental state would not be tolerated on the forum.

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Yes, they are seen but they are seen by a GP.

You’d be surprised… the waiting room is clogged up with people who present no acute symptoms and just want something to do / attention, a lot of it is mental health issues. And they will wait 8+ hours, because triage pushes them to the back of queue, but they all have to be seen. Because, if there’s a chance that one of them is presenting with something serious and they’re turned away… law suit.

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I don't doubt it, but even then a headache could mean so many different things, from a tension headache to a brain tumour or stroke. A sore arm could be nothing more than a bad bruise or early indication of a serious neurological condition. Perhaps I have this wrong but the presenting symptoms can only be properly analysed for significance after a final diagnosis and followup, surely? Maybe that was done and all were non-serious, in which case those figures would be genuinely shocking. I fine it hard to believe anyone could bear to be in a&e these days with nothing worse than a sore throat. As a walk-in they are likely to have to wait up to 12 hours to be seen.

I guess any issues with pavement and cycle way slipping could be avoided with gritting. Perhaps a grit box could be kept nearby and maybe local shop owners or even cyclists could ensure that area is gritted in future.

True, First Mate. But I’ve worked in A&E and seen people turning up with heavy periods and headaches and even a sore arm. Then there’s the drunks and druggies who just want somewhere to kip. All my comments are beside the point, tho, the original one being that closing GP surgeries during a strike could make the situation in the ED even worse than it is at this time of year. And they can’t turn anyone away.

In regard to sore throats and itchy skin, I wonder though if those were generally the only symptoms? You could be quite seriously ill and still present with a sore throat or itchy skin. The idea of multiple people rocking up to a&e with 'just' a sore throat or itchy skin may be slightly misleading.

Exactly. But they are often out of hours GPs, who could be tending to more important issues. Those people are still clogging the system up

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