...I shouldn't have spoken too soon.
Second time up out of bed this morning, onto crutches, entirely OK as she has been since discharge.
Without warning, she passed out, face down and quite hard.
Big cut under her chin, and a painful hand, but no immediate sign of any damage to the hip.
I managed to bring her round and sit her up, then we had a bit of a debate about what to do.
Our GP would see her, but there was no way I could get her there by myself (she was upstairs). So NHS 111 was called into action.
Quick and efficient response to the call, and a promise for a clinician to call back. That happened promptly, and after 'phone assessment an ambulance was arranged. That arrived rather promptly, and a full assessment was done before taking her off to A&E (where she was in a cubicle no more than 2 hours after the incident).
In parallel, I'd 'phoned the ward she was discharged from (different hospital but same trust as the A&E) and they said they'd arrange the consultant (or his team) to see her in A&E if necessary (they work from that hospital unless operating at the other, Covid-free site).
So far, the NHS has completely stepped up to the mark again!
She's woozy, but messaging me, so fingers crossed! (she's always been high-maintenance ;-) )
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