Lets get this straight – I fully expect any following posts to generally be telling me I’m wrong, so flame away – I care not.
I noticed a lump on my stomach the other day which I guessed could be a hernia. Working away makes it awkward to get to my GP – especially as they don’t take appointments for Fridays (it’s an emergency surgery only). My wife suggested I pop down to our local minor injuries unit today, which I thought was a good idea.
Now bearing in mind I’m aware that they only have nurses on duty, I was just looking for a bit of advice and not a full diagnosis – i.e. is it possible that it is a hernia? If there’s any possibility that it is, then I would make arrangements to see my GP – it’s a lot of time and money lost if this isn’t necessary.
The rather unhelpful lady who came to the reception looking like she wished I would die before even speaking to me told me that there was no point seeing the nurse as she would just tell me to go and see my GP. So, no questions, not even 30 seconds to view the lump, nothing.
Oh, it’s ok though, because I can go away, ring my GP’s out of hours line, tell them that there will be a different nurse who will be there later and arrange through them to see her?
Would it have hurt, really? This isn’t a busy A&E by the way.