Thread by @NHSActivistRN

My experience this week, please read & 🔄

Christmas day I developed agonising pain in my side. It was intermittant I suspected a kidney stone. I was sent to out of hours doctor on call service he referred me to the local acute hospital and I was told I had a bed

When I arrived I was told they didnt realise I also had Covid. I was informed since I had Covid they no longer had a bed for me, (no spaces in the red pathway) I was given medication & a single dose of pain relief and sent home with the promise of a CT the next day

The medication wore off by 8am I was curled up in a ball crying the pain was so bad my husband called an ambulance but was told I didnt "qualify" for one and was referred to NHS 24- 10 minutes on hold, 10 minutes of irrelevant questions to be told he should take me back to A&E

Once I arrived I was given a CT within 8 hours

It revealed a large cyst on my ovary, & liver lesions. The pain is possibly because the growth is tortioning

Its large enough that it needs surgically removed but I have been sent home & told to come back if the pain recurs

So why am I sharing this intensely personal experience?

Because this is what people are up against when they are trying to access much needed care.

Is this the best we can do for people? I hope not

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