"Fantastic service"

My husband broke his leg (tib and fib) two days ago in Italy and was sent home in an open cast.

I took him to A&E when we got back yesterday and within an hour and a half he'd been triaged, X-rayed, checked over, give more painkillers and give an appointment to see a consultant today, all on a Sunday evening.

Today we were there two and a half hours.

He saw the consultant surgeon who explained why he didn't think surgery was the best treatment as it was a fairly simple break without much displacement.

The open cast was cut off and replaced with a very fetching two tone fibreglass cast, re-x-rayed to make sure the bones hadn't moved, back to the consultant for instructions and to allow us to ask questions and given a prescription for more anti-DVT injections.

The most time consuming part was waiting for the prescription to be issued (30 mins) but it gave us time for a coffee.

You hear lots about bad experiences in the NHS but you could not fault this service, staff kind and helpful, hospital clean and all pretty quick.