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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

‘I waited 10 months for a routine hospital appointment - then ended up in A&E’

When Pippa Dungey went to her GP suffering from numbness in both her legs last year, she was told she faced a waiting list of 10 months for specialist neurology services.

Two months later, the 25-year-old trainee solicitor, from southeast London, ended up in A&E unable to walk.

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