The staff in A&E were fine.
Mother has been in chronic pain since a fall last year and is getting very little NHS support. One example - a recent pain injection - she got to the hospital in good time for her appointment at great expense (nearly £50 each way for a taxi able to take her wheelchair) and the appointments were running behind schedule. The X-Ray chap who was doing the injections wrapped up at 18:00 and said he was going home - no more patients were to be seen and appointments were rescheduled for 3 months hence.
Yesterday is the first time that she has not been able to communicate clearly because the level of pain increased dramatically.
The pressure put of father is starting to show.
I think it is time she went to a care-home where they can monitor her pain 24/7 but she doesn't want to lose what little independence that she still has.
Save for trips to hospital, she hasn't been able to leave the house for over a year and of course lockdown before that (with father having to shield) meant that even shopping trips were very limited.
I am now very worried about both their health.
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