How far are your essential services from you?
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Major bugbear alert!
I'm not a father nor am I likely to be one soon, but it's a major bugbear of mine how far our major services are from us if me and my missus were to have one.
Background story: our county no longer has a proper hospital for births it is a midwife led unit and if any complications arise you will be ambulanced 50 miles away to a hospital with special baby care. The direct road from my house to that hospital is constantly plagued with either road works or accidents meaning if my mythical partner went into labour it's 40 minutes until she's in the care of a doctor at the very least.
That road has been closed a few times in the past years and stories are that 7 children have been born at the roadside.
What I'm asking is how far are your essential services from you? If my partner was to have a baby tomorrow I couldn't reliably say I'd take her 15 minutes to our local hospital, or reliably get to the proper hospital in any time less than 45 mins (mad to add nigh on every person I've spoken too has complained about this place too). What's your attitude/local situation!?
I'm not a father nor am I likely to be one soon, but it's a major bugbear of mine how far our major services are from us if me and my missus were to have one.
Background story: our county no longer has a proper hospital for births it is a midwife led unit and if any complications arise you will be ambulanced 50 miles away to a hospital with special baby care. The direct road from my house to that hospital is constantly plagued with either road works or accidents meaning if my mythical partner went into labour it's 40 minutes until she's in the care of a doctor at the very least.
That road has been closed a few times in the past years and stories are that 7 children have been born at the roadside.
What I'm asking is how far are your essential services from you? If my partner was to have a baby tomorrow I couldn't reliably say I'd take her 15 minutes to our local hospital, or reliably get to the proper hospital in any time less than 45 mins (mad to add nigh on every person I've spoken too has complained about this place too). What's your attitude/local situation!?
Edited by briangriffin on Monday 27th March 07:22
briangriffin said:
Major bugbear alert!
I'm not a father nor am I likely to be one soon, but it's a major bugbear of mine how far our major services are from us if me and my missus were to have one.
Background story: our county no longer has a proper hospital for births it is a midwife led unit and if any complications arise you will be ambulanced 50 miles away to a hospital with special baby care. The direct road from my house to that hospital is vonstantly plaugued wuth either road works or accidents meaning if my mythical partner went into labour it's 40 minutes until she's in the care of a doctor at the very least.
That road has been classed a few times in the past years and stories are that 7nchuldren have been born at the roadside.
What I'm asking is how far are your essential services from you? If my partner wa to have a baby tomorrow I couldn't reliably say I'd take her 15 minutes to our local hospital, or reliably get to the proper hospital in ny time less than 45 mins (mad to add nigh on every person I've spoken too has complained about this place too). What's ur attitude!?
We felt the similar. We live one side of Southampton, the maternity hospital is the other side, during rush hour its over an hour to get there. Thankfully it all happened late evening.I'm not a father nor am I likely to be one soon, but it's a major bugbear of mine how far our major services are from us if me and my missus were to have one.
Background story: our county no longer has a proper hospital for births it is a midwife led unit and if any complications arise you will be ambulanced 50 miles away to a hospital with special baby care. The direct road from my house to that hospital is vonstantly plaugued wuth either road works or accidents meaning if my mythical partner went into labour it's 40 minutes until she's in the care of a doctor at the very least.
That road has been classed a few times in the past years and stories are that 7nchuldren have been born at the roadside.
What I'm asking is how far are your essential services from you? If my partner wa to have a baby tomorrow I couldn't reliably say I'd take her 15 minutes to our local hospital, or reliably get to the proper hospital in ny time less than 45 mins (mad to add nigh on every person I've spoken too has complained about this place too). What's ur attitude!?
You'll more to worry about when it happens!
We live two and half miles from a hospital with an A&E department and 15 miles from five major teaching hospitals, four of which my O/H and I have been outpatients in or needed treatment at during the last decade. We've both been through A&E and I've had treatment (radiotherapy and an angioplasty) at two of the teaching hopitals.
We consider ourselves very fortunate to have such excellent facilities so close; I know of people who have spent up to eight hours a day, every weekday for several weeks, travelling on public transport to receive treatment.
As you grow older you tend to consider think more about your medical needs and the availability of medical facilities - until I was 60 I'd never been in a hospital other than as a visitor. Now, if we lived a considerable distance from the nearest hospital, one of us wouldn't be alive today.
We consider ourselves very fortunate to have such excellent facilities so close; I know of people who have spent up to eight hours a day, every weekday for several weeks, travelling on public transport to receive treatment.
As you grow older you tend to consider think more about your medical needs and the availability of medical facilities - until I was 60 I'd never been in a hospital other than as a visitor. Now, if we lived a considerable distance from the nearest hospital, one of us wouldn't be alive today.
Doesn't sound ideal but I'm not sure if you're complaining? Surely most people don't always expect to be within spitting distance of a hospital? I would think most people would have to wait a long time for an ambulance unless they live in a town or city.
I have my own medic that follows me around all day with a packet of plasters and a defibrillator
Sorry, I don't mean to make light of your concerns, but it does seem quite normal to me.
I have my own medic that follows me around all day with a packet of plasters and a defibrillator
Sorry, I don't mean to make light of your concerns, but it does seem quite normal to me.6 miles from the nearest hospital with Emergency department and maternity unit. The only reason my daughter and partner is alive today.
Daughter was born by crash section after wifey had a placental abruption. I know they wouldn't have survived the trip to the next closest hospital which is 32 miles away.
Daughter was born by crash section after wifey had a placental abruption. I know they wouldn't have survived the trip to the next closest hospital which is 32 miles away.
Mothersruin said:
Riley Blue said:
How long would you want to wait for an ambulance if you have a heart attack? Eight minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes?
You'll have First Responders and AEDs with a much faster response time most likely.The area main A&E is 5 minutes away. A general hospital, but not a teaching one, it does however have full maternity, neurology/stroke, cardiac etc departments (centralised from other hospitals in the group...) Having needed the cardiac and neurology departments for my parents recently, I think I would find it difficult to choose a home that was too much further from similar facilities. More specialist care is at LGI + St James' in Leeds, approx 30 mins away.
Dr's surgery + pharmacy is about 150m, primary school 300m, 3 pubs within 400m or so, library, corner shop + co-op, post office (8am-8pm), barbers + hair dresser, pizza shop, 2 chippies.
Dr's surgery + pharmacy is about 150m, primary school 300m, 3 pubs within 400m or so, library, corner shop + co-op, post office (8am-8pm), barbers + hair dresser, pizza shop, 2 chippies.
Glasgowrob said:
quite lucky here,
Chinese a 30 second walk
indian 60 second walk
offsales 60 second walk
lucky! when I went to uni in kingston I was glad to live close to a chinese takeaway but they closed down within afew months and there wasn't a single one in ALL of kingston. One time when I was walking in the town centre their was this carribbean man asking around if there were any carribbean takeaways in kingston, really felt for him as I don't think there were any!Chinese a 30 second walk
indian 60 second walk
offsales 60 second walk
We have an ambulance station around 50 metres from our house (Operational daytime only).
We have a community hospital around 500 metres from our house (No emergency department).
2 Doctor's surgeries (both oversubscribed).
The community hospital does house the local mental health team and some other local functions, but none accessible without referral from reluctant GP's. They weren't impressed last year when I turned up at their office fed up with the fact that a month after diagnosis (bipolar) I still hadn't had anything from them (without which my GP couldn't prescribe anything).
We are lucky in that there is also a Police Station and Fire station in the town, both of which have volunteer members from the community who are trained in emergency response first aid and can provide initial response until an ambulance turns up. The fire guys carry defibs, but the Police aren't allowed as the CC felt that ambulance service would see the Police vehicle as standby responders.
The joys of living in a rural market town.
We have a community hospital around 500 metres from our house (No emergency department).
2 Doctor's surgeries (both oversubscribed).
The community hospital does house the local mental health team and some other local functions, but none accessible without referral from reluctant GP's. They weren't impressed last year when I turned up at their office fed up with the fact that a month after diagnosis (bipolar) I still hadn't had anything from them (without which my GP couldn't prescribe anything).
We are lucky in that there is also a Police Station and Fire station in the town, both of which have volunteer members from the community who are trained in emergency response first aid and can provide initial response until an ambulance turns up. The fire guys carry defibs, but the Police aren't allowed as the CC felt that ambulance service would see the Police vehicle as standby responders.
The joys of living in a rural market town.
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