Councillor perplexed by hospital response after suffering injury

HE CLAIMS HE WAS TOLD BY MEDICS AT A&E 'WE DON'T REALLY DO HEADS'

- By STUART ARNOLD Local democracy reporter

A COUNCILLOR claimed he was told by medics 'We don't really do heads' after attending a local hospital with blood gushing from a head wound.

Cllr Craig Hannaway said he accidentally hit his head on a piece of scaffolding attached to the outside of his home and was driven by his wife for treatment to Redcar's Primary Care Hospital.

The council member, who represents the Saltburn ward on Redcar and Cleveland Council, said: “They told me ‘We don’t really do heads’ and sent me off to the urgent treatment centre at [Middlesbrough's] James Cook [University Hospital].”

A perplexed Cllr Hannaway said after being driven on to Middlesbrough, he was successfully treated with his head wound being stapled. However, he said it was explained by a senior member of staff that “Redcar should have been able to do this” and “this happens often”.