I was positively TOLD to go there by the emergency dental service but still felt very wrong.
Would not have been happy to be dismissed as a misuser.
As you were directed to go there by a medical service, obviously you wouldn't be charged by triage or thought of as a misuser.
It's very easy to identify the misusers, just watch some of the A & E programs which film those in the waiting areas. You'll see them with their friends, chatting, laughing, playing electronic games, ordering takeaways to eat while they wait, stuffing their faces from vending machines etc. These are not the actions of people who have suffered an emergency or are in considerable pain.
You'll see any number who have a condition which they could easily have dealt with themselves, but perversely want the NHS to do everything, no matter how minor. The proof of that is that many are treated only by a nurse, never seeing a doctor. In my view anyone who doesn't need to be checked by a doctor shouldn't have gone to an A & E department in the first place.
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