More disgusting news about the treatment in some of our hospitals

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?It seems that older people are becoming exposed to greater danger in hospitals and care homes, the places where they should receive expert care, than they would be at home.

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2336258/Great-grandmother-100-died-dehydration-hospital-water-jug-broke-staff-took-10-days-drip.html?ico=home^editors_choice_six_of_the_best

One comment from a reader says:

"If they'd done this to a DOG, they'd be prosecuted."

How sad and disgusting that these things seem to occur so frequently and nothing seems to change to improve care for so many people.

Outrageous. It should never happen, even once, yet it keeps happening.

this has really upset me you get to 100 and die because of the shameful excuse for treatment offered by the NHS

They should be struck off and prosecuted for neglect. Possibly even manslaughter. And then replace the management from top to bottom.

I'll get shot down in flames for this but we need to wake up to the fact some of the problems in the NHS is down to the staff within it. Not all I hasten to add.

Agree entirely, EnlightenedOwl. I think we need cameras on wards so that we can find out where things are going wrong and who is responsible.

My Grandfather was in hospital 13 years ago where he died. While there he was never encouraged to eat, we had to take water in for him, take him to the loo, change his Pj's and so on every single visiting time somebody had to go in to make sure he was clean, fed and had water.
We would ask the nurses who, during visiting anyhow, all sat about in a little room drinking tea and having a 'meeting'. If we asked for anything they would say, 'Yes, we are just having a meeting, if you could please wait?' Even when I asked for help once as my Grandfather had wet himself and I couldn't manage to change him alone. That resulted in my brother trying to change him when he came in half an hour after me and my not managing to close the privacy curtain in time before my Grandfathers Pj bottoms fell down exposing him to the whole ward plus visitors. Possibly my fault for not reacting fast enough but honestly - the nurses were right there and offered no help at all.
13 years on and the whole situation is if not the same then worse.
What happened to nurses? I lost all respect for nurses thanks to this hospital stay.

I know someone working in one of the hospitals (transferred from a defunct A+E) and she is having a torrid time. She says there's not enough time to give people proper care and attention because they're so busy.

The closed A+E served a town of 100,000 people, and was situated 1 mile from a major motorway. The relocated A+E is now serving a huge area, 15 miles from the old A+E (...in the town of 100,000 people), with access down a single lane A road.

The A+E moved last December-ish, when building work had only just started on larger facilities to accommodate the inevitable increase in patient numbers. They couldn't even wait until it was finished. How daft is that?

Over the winter the local paper (more than once) advised people not to go to A+E because it was chocka.

I bet this isn't the only story like this.
Madness.

Look here is a case in point
Attended hospital this morning for a blood test. Blood test clinic staffed from 8am whilst 5pm. Bloods taken 8.30 whilst 4.30.
Okay.
Arrive at 8am clinic locked. Wait outside. Can hear people talking inside.
A lady arrives who works at the hospital as it transpires. Can't get in and shouts to the people inside "Staff, can you let me in?"
"No, no key."
"well how did you get in then?"
Some muttering then a nurse appears unlocks the door lets person in glares at patients queuing outside and then locks door again.
We all wait a bit longer
8.30 nurse opens clinic door we file in get our tickets with a number on.
THEN they start setting up- well why were they were not setting up between 8 and 8.30?
the whole NHS needs shaking up and dare I say it a more corporate approach. Resources may be stretched but staff could work a damn sight more efficiently.