"Emergency Treatment"

Was worried about my elderly father slurring so initially tried to call 111, after 20 minutes on hold gave up. He seemed better but then an hour or so later seemed to deteriorate so we called 999, it took a while to get through and were told an ambulance would come but couldn’t say when…. Said would it be better to drive ourselves to A&E … yes was the answer. Arrive and it then takes an hour to be triaged, was told need bloods done would be 10/15 minutes….. 2 and a half hours later we are still sitting in a cold waiting room…. Let’s hope it’s not a stroke.