http://www.itv.com/news/2015-01-06/people-come-to-a-e-when-they-could-take-a-paracetamol/

 

'People come to A&E when they could take a paracetamol'

 

A doctor has blasted time-wasting patients who come to A&E when they could have taken a paracetamol to treat their illness.

 

Dr David Kirby, who works in Luton's A&E department, told ITV News: "People attend emergency departments up and down the country with conditions you or I would not even bother our GP with.

 

"The problem for us is we don't know that until we've actually seen the patient and know what the problem is".