[accyman]

May be a bit off topic but because burnley A+E has been shut down the increase in patients at blackburn has seriously effected routine checkups.This may not seem like a big deal but when someone has spent the previous 24 hours not eating and consuming extreemly powerfull laxatives the last thing they need as they are about to go down to theater is that their bed is needed for someone fom A+E so can they go home and re-arrange a checkup which there is no guarentee wont also be cancelled at teh last second.

i know this because when booking in for my colonoscomy i was told if i was to use blackburn so i could have me specialist do it there was a good chance it could be cancelled at the last minuite so i was better off booking into burnley but my specialst didnt operate at burnley.

i speak to a lot of nurses and doctors during my mqany visits and not one of them thinks shutting burnley was a good idea just like the majority of people didnt when it was forst suggested