General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Sadly I have been to A and E a few times recently but the last visit prompted this query!
Having spent almost 12 hours from 9am on Friday morn last with a Urology problem I was advised I needed to go to Royal Bolton Hospital for further advice, as there was no one available from that Dept at Wigan. I was taken by ambulance which luckily had just brought someone to Wigan but was returning to Bolton. On discharge the following day I enquired about getting back to Wigan-no answers!! A return trip could not be guaranteed to be arranged within a suitable timescale!! Had to make my own arrangements-luckily family on hand with transport- but what about others with no transport. It could be a nightmare!
It seems that Wigan and Bolton share facilities for Urology ( and someone mentioned Cardiology also) on a week on and then a week off basis. So a Kidney or Heart patient in Wigan has to go to Bolton one week and then a patient from Bolton needs to come to Wigan the following week! What a shambles!! Presumably there are not enough staff at either hospital on a regular basis?? Wigan A and E was crammed with not even enough chairs and several patients on trolleys in the corridors nearby who had been there ages! All staff trying hard under difficult circumstances!! Can nothing be done???