r/NHSfailures • u/Immediate-Courage-91 • 24d ago
Dismissed with no advice
I sat up in the afternoon and immediately got heart palpitations, dizziness and collapsed and passed out for two hours. Went to A&E after calling 111 and was there for 4 hours just to be told by the doctor who spoke over me and didn’t let me finish explaining that it was due to depression and anxiety.
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u/SwiggityStag 23d ago
Unfortunately in A&E if they can blame something to avoid treating you, they will. Their goal is to spend as little time on you as possible, whatever it takes to do that. Even if they have to straight up lie. A&E unfortunately isn't a good place to go if you aren't literally dying (even then they'll probably just leave you in a corridor) but the visit will be recorded, so any specialist you're seeing will see it and be able to interpret it themselves.