Posted on 08/26/2009 5:05:04 PM PDT by Steelfish
'Cruel and neglectful' care of one million NHS patients exposed
One million NHS patients have been the victims of appalling care in hospitals across Britain, according to a major report released today.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 27 Aug 2009
In the last six years, the Patients Association claims hundreds of thousands have suffered from poor standards of nursing, often with 'neglectful, demeaning, painful and sometimes downright cruel' treatment.
The charity has disclosed a horrifying catalogue of elderly people left in pain, in soiled bed clothes, denied adequate food and drink, and suffering from repeatedly cancelled operations, missed diagnoses and dismissive staff.
The Patients Association said the dossier proves that while the scale of the scandal at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust - where up to 1,200 people died through failings in urgent care - was a one off, there are repeated examples they have uncovered of the same appalling standards throughout the NHS.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Death panels can be safely removed from any health care bill coming out of Congress as they will not be needed. Can you say savings!? -sarc
A million here, a million there, pretty soon yer talkin’ about a lotta people...
(but not before we get the same “care” shoved through here...)
Surey anyone who has dealt with the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Post Office or the District of Columbia Government knows of "that" attitude.
That attitude of complete and total dismissal.
Can you imagine encountering "that" attitude as a patient or as the family member of a patient in a hospital?
No wonder they don’t want people to have guns in Great Britain. It wouldn’t work out well for the NHS.
My friend’s Father has been hospitalized for the past three weeks.Three times she has found him on the floor with no nurse in sight.He was given someone elses medicine on Sunday.My friend has taken a leave of absence to guard him.l live in Canada.
BTTT.
Bingo!
bttt
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