I don't blame people for going to hospital rather than the GP. In A&Es everything is pretty immediate once you actually get seen (after hours waiting, but it's not a week), bloods can be taken there and then and the results available within a couple of hours, or quicker depending on how busy the labs are.
Obviously, any serious abnormalities would hopefully have triggered an urgent call-back. It's taken another week to get the results back (which I had to chase myself). Luckily I'm a nurse so I could get my bloods taken in the hospital where I work (which is not my home hospital so not linked to my GP practice) and get the bloods back to my practice for processing.
I've been feeling unwell for a while so recently made an appointment with my GP, had to wait a week which I accepted (as my symptoms had been with me for weeks), then was given an appointment for blood tests two weeks from that date which alarmed me when I saw on the form what they were looking for. Probably because they can't get an appointment The issue is therefore why are people reporting to A&E when they should be presenting themselves to their GP in the first instance? My guess more people than ever are being treated because of increased demand. what it does not reveal is how many people were treated. The mainstream media, BBC reporters being the most ignorant, always refer to NHS England as 'The NHS' Thank you for getting the thread title right.
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