More slagging off of acute nurses. More pontificating by fellow “healthcare professionals” about a situation they’ve just walked into without really knowing anything about it. Firstly - transporting patients to A&E via ambulance was policy in my previous clinical area, even though A&E was about the same distance away as in this story. Secondly - “delusional, hasn’t left bed for two years” may well be enough of a history for an ambulanceman, but onbe would hope mental health nurses required a bit more information about a person. Thirdly - acute units across the country, but particularly in London, are plagued by poor staffing levels, the overuse of bank and agency staff, poor continuity of care as a result and enormous pressures in terms of bed occupancy, acuity of patients and complexity of presentations. Lastly - yes, calling a blue light ambulance was inappropriate, yes the under-use of analgesics was poor practice (but may have something to do with the staffing/continuity of care issues I mentioned earlier) but what purpose is served by this kind of sneering snidery between people who should be, let’s face it, all in this together? Raising a complaint with the unit manager might have been more helpful than just raising it with your boss in what sounds like a kind of "yar boo sucks look what those rubbishy nurses have been doing NOW" kind of a way.