Off to minor injuries for you they’ll sort that out.
Would you mind if I just called you out for say this this as often as you do, whilst I appreciate the underlying problems.
I injured my finger this year. With the sound of not clogging up A&E in my mind, mainly from here, I went to a minor injuries instead. Was swollen and a bit wonky.
The dickhead nurse told me to just go away. I then ended up going back a week later to the same place as I was concerned. They identified a break; a bad one. They referred me to the hand unit, where I was seen 4 weeks later.
I now have an extremely knackered (as bad as you can nearly imagine) finger because of the delays, which is going to cause me trouble for the rest of my life..
My surgeon is already suggesting PIP joint replacement or fusing; hardly ideal at 41 years old – and totally unnecessary from the initial injury.
If I had gone to A&E, I would have been treated properly there and then & impact on me would have been much less severe.
TL;DR, A&E sometimes is the answer and the above certainly looks worthy of the specialist care available there.