This may be more of an issue with children since it's often hard to know how serious the issue is especially when they cannot communicate clearly (due to age or the ailment). In our case we already had a GP appointment for today but on foot of the VHI NurseLine advice decided that attending A&E was the most prudent course of action. I guess that any decent A&E triage system should weed out patients that don't actually need any A&E treatment proper? I presume that the first person that we saw was a triage nurse? But I agree that there are probably a certain number of patients in A&E at different times who really don't need to be there at all. And in some cases it may be difficult to get a GP at all hours of the night/morning resulting in people attending hospital A&E perhaps unnecessarily.Most of the time I have skipped past other people who were waiting there but they should have gone to their GP as their condition did not warrant them attending A&E, so if they have to sit there for a week that’s their problem.
But I agree that there are probably a certain number of patients in A&E at different times who really don't need to be there at all
I agree; it's hard to know with small children so it's better safe than sorry.This may be more of an issue with children since it's often hard to know how serious the issue is especially when they cannot communicate clearly (due to age or the ailment).
Private health insurance has no bearing on how you get through A&E triage as far as I know. It has no bearing on the actual medical treatment that you get either as far as I know. It may get you certain private/semi-private accommodation and allow you to skip certain waiting lists though.All the same, 4hrs in that sort of pain isnt the way i thought my BUPA/PRSI would look after me.
We did not get a bill or pay any charges. I have no idea if we will be invoiced by post or something. Any ideas?
I don't think that they referred us - they just checked that Temple Street had an A&E that was open at that time of the morning. I guess that we'll see if the charge arrives by post presently and then see if VHI covers it* or just claim tax relief on it.The €60 charge doesn't apply if you're referred by a GP, so perhaps the VHI nurse 24/7 service meets this criteria?
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