“Happened to me,” one wrote.
“I called 111, told to wait for a DR to call back. They called back at 3am, woke me from my sleep.
“I said I would take my daughter to Dr’s in the morn… next thing police & ambulance were at my door.
“Told me I have to take my daughter to the hospital now, a report was made, case opened, social visited and then they closed the case.
“No concerns at all but literally stress.”
“Same happened to me with my two year old,” another added.
“I only wanted some advice and like you wasn’t sure whether he’d breathed in some bath water which he slipped in.
“I was with him at the time but just wanted to be sure no water had gotten into his lungs.
“If we were doing anything wrong for social services to get involved I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t be ringing 111 for advice.
“It’s crazy!”
And a third commented: “I once took my oldest to A&E as I had been doing the washing and a pod had dropped on floor without me knowing.
“I turned round and oldest had it all over his hands. I was so worried I took him to A&E.
“Luckily he hadn’t ingested, which I didn’t think he had but just to be sure I took him.
“Then had social services on my door as I wasn’t supervising him properly… terrified of asking for help even now.”
“What did social services say?” someone else asked Ami.
To which she replied: “They have said they don’t understand the phone call but are going to give a visit anyways.”
Others insisted the NHS 111 staff were just following protocol, with one writing: “It’s policy, which is good.
“They just need to ensure all is safe. It’s not a bad thing, you haven’t done anything wrong.
“They’ll ask you what happened and no issues.”
If we were doing anything for social services to get involved I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t be ringing 111 for advice!
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“I worked for 111 and any potential ingestion of chemicals we had to raise a safeguarding,” another said.
“Imagine it’s not you and it’s a person who doesn’t know to keep their chemicals out of reach of small children.”
Speaking to Fabulous Online about her experience, Ami said: “Thousands of UK children are being dragged through this system and for nothing.
“The NHS didn’t even want my child to be seen in A&E… they rang social services without seeing my daughter, without assessing her properly, and by just asking if there was symptoms on the phone.
“That’s no good and it’s certainly not a good enough reason to ring social services.
“It’s like saying if your children are at home… and the smallest thing happens you’re going to get social called on you.”
Fabulous Online has contacted the NHS for a comment regarding Ami’s situation.
