• Devial
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    1 day ago

    So if I break my arm, and am in incredible pain, I need to first pop by my GP to get a referral, or pay 100€ if I go straight to A&E ?

    I feel like needing a referral to got to Accident and Emergencies kinda defeats the whole point of A&E…

    • khannie@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      Ah if you break your arm you just head straight in. I’m not sure if a medical card (essentially free medical treatment for low income folks) works for that but I’d imagine it does.

      We had a lot of folks just arriving into A&E before because it was cheaper than going to their GP.