This is slightly off topic but please indulge me...August last year, I broke my ankle - it was a nasty break of my tib and fib and I am still recovering and have a lot of metal in my ankle which I am keen to rid myself of. I was treated at Ealing. Initially, excellent, although I was stunned to see that less than 24hrs after a 5 hour operation, they wanted me to go home. I ended up staying 4 days.Anyway, recently, I agitated my ankle to the point that I could barely walk on it. We called the Fracture Clinic who would not book me in and advised me, "if you feel it is serious enough, go to A&E who will assess you and refer you to us if they feel apt". In a time when we are hearing of people going to A&E with coughs and colds and being warned not to go unless it is a really emergency, I was quite bemused by the advice I received. I'm afraid that the quality of care at Ealing is diminishing way too quickly. My late mother was a nurse and did a stint at Ealing (to which staff referred to it as "Southall General" I'm told). When she worked there in the early 90's it was not a bad place- now it's a very sorry excuse for what it once was.
Bud Richards ● 4684d