On my last hospital admission I had to outly from day 7 post 4th laparotomy on the Gynae ward (having been thrown off the amazing colorectal ward). The nurse looking had non-existant bleep skills (she did ask me if I was going to bleep the team?!!!). She bleeped once (the wrong team) and then did nothing. I sat on the ward for two days before I started to loose my rag and threatend to crawl down to my consultants clinic and remind them I was still there. At this point someone thought that maybe they might ring the ward I'd come from and tell them that no one had been to see me. Cue a steady stream of very apologetic Drs: the FY1, the FY2 and then the Reg all uttering the imortal line "we thought you'd gone home", err no, not likely when I still have a drain in! Cos I wasnt in the same bed on the Monday they "assumed" or were told (two conflicting stories) that I had gone home... God love the NHS!