A&E

This is first hand experience today, dialled 999 an emergency ambulance dispatched arrive within 10 mins, so far so good, all information given to the Ambulance crew who attended and I mean just about any question I could have thought of, in A&E seen by a nurse all the information given to the ambulance crew was repeated before, but one question extra "what brings you here today" again all symptoms were recorded by the ambulance crew so why the question?, next the doctor again "what brings you here today?" why twice when the symptoms were there  in black and white, so to start with possible heart attack, irregular heart beat and finally indigestion, just what confidence does this give you?, she was put in a ward of four beds two beds used, one with a TV on loud and the patient talking loudly on a mobile phone in some foreign language so not the best place to have to stop, just hope that she is discharged tomorrow, I did spend much time observing the Nurses desk, it was quite amusing to see up to 13 doctors, nurses and porters talking at the desk but still took over four hours before my wife was taken to X-ray

I did notice that she had not had any food offered her so took some bits from home I left her at 7.30pm and she had still not been fed so all this to me does not instil confidence in me for any future visits.