The waits for surgery depend on the urgency of the condition. If you have bowel cancer you'll be on the next surgical list, if you want your varicose veins done, you'll be waiting 18 months. This is a worst case scenario and then of course you are entitled to get private care and referral to a private surgeon if you don't want to wait.
Emergency departments are run on triage like anywhere else 1-5
1. Must be seen immediately, person is dead or dying now. e.g. serious head injury from a car accident.
2. Must be seen in less than 10 minutes, stuff like heart attacks.
3. Less than 30 minutes. Potentially life threatening condition but person is not currently in danger. e.g. non severe abdominal pain
4. Less than an hour: colds, soft tissue injuries etc
5. Less than two hours: person shouldn't really be at the hospital.
Flu wouldn't probably get you a 3 or 4, perhaps a 1 or 2 at the moment.
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