A woman who couldn't remove her false nails and another who had paint stuck in her hair are just some of the 'inappropriate' patients turning up in A&E, according to research.
A new campaign is urging people not to go to A&E unless their condition is a genuine emergency, after figures suggested as many as a quarter of people who go to A&E could care for themselves or use alternative treatment.
Other bizarre examples include someone seeking treatment for a sick dog, and a man requesting an ambulance after being bitten on his finger by a guinea pig.
One woman wanted someone to cut her toenails because she could not get a chiropody appointment.
Meanwhile, one mother took her child to A&E because they had stepped in dog poo and she wanted staff to clean it off while another woman called 999 because she had diarrhoea.
A further woman rushed to the department saying her hand had turned blue - it turned out to be dye from her jeans.
A man also dialled 999 because he was suffering from constipation, while another went to A&E because he had a hangover.
Across England, unnecessary A&E attendances are estimated to cost at least £80 million to £100 million a year. Every attendance at A&E in the UK costs a minimum of £59.
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UK should start charging for A&E visits
UK should start charging for A&E visits
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: UK should start charging for A&E visits
Last edited by Crackpot on Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: UK should start charging for A&E visits
Accident and Emergency Department.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: UK should start charging for A&E visits
Our 911 system here is overloaded with stupid requests, as well.
One stupid woman called because her TV remote wouldn't work, another caller need to know the correct time.
http://www.oddee.com/item_96669.aspx
One stupid woman called because her TV remote wouldn't work, another caller need to know the correct time.
http://www.oddee.com/item_96669.aspx
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato