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Harry's Experience as a Father accessing healthcare on behalf of their children
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Hi,
I'm Harry.
I'm father to two girls aged 4 and 1.
An occasion that springs to mind where
I've accessed healthcare with my eldest daughter
was when she was quite poorly.
We attended our local hospital which
unfortunately
they
didn't really have any facilities to be able to help her,
so we were referred to the Lincoln County Hospital,
which,
as
in most circumstances when you're referred to the A&E there
because the local hospitals have all been closed down.
Everyone's referred to the county hospital,
which makes the services there particularly overwhelmed.
Um,
so therefore that made it particularly challenging because
there's lots of people all waiting for the same thing.
And
when you get referred there last minute
and you turn up
particularly unprepared because of the situation,
yeah,
you're just expected to cope regardless of whether you're a mother or a father,
um,
you're
expected to.
To make do um with the long delays
and keep your child entertained and end up being prepared,
as there's very little facilities there to
keep them occupied.
Um
But I would say
I wasn't
particularly treated any differently as a father as
to the mothers that were there as well.
uh,
but once we were
in this circumstance referred to a ward,
um,
the
rainforest ward at Lincoln Hospital,
they were very good
and.
I
just got on with the process
and the nurses there were very helpful
and fortunately we
got her treated quickly and
Effectively,
and we were there for a short period of time.
And
it was a good result,
um,
but other than that,
um.
Everything was,
was reasonably positive.
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