Does your hospital work a 4 Day week ? Mine does ! From after 4pm Thursday until the following Tuesday it is effectively closed . As I was told by a Sister ' If you want a doctor during that time go to the Golf Course.
Recently 4 of us patients were told we would be discharged the next day a Fri. but because there were no doctors to sign us off we were still there on the following Mon. evening. After a bit of a row I was sent home in a taxi without proper paper work at 10pm .
As for the 4 hour wait limit in A&E it's a load of nonsense after the 4 hours they move you to an adjacent ward and restart the clock, still without getting any treatment.
bednobs
Do I really need to spell it out ? No one was being admitted or discharged .
Most departments were not working. The pharmacy was closed . The wards were just ticking over. Doctors were ' unavailable ' ! Nurses were a rarity .
Forensics were unavailable ! What more do you want ?