It’s a shame New Labour’s Twitter site only allows 140 characters for comments; space enough to blandly say “we love the NHS” I suppose, but not for the many people like Florence Weston to tell us why they think it’s time for radical reform of this monolithic, unresponsive, state monopoly health care provider – a ‘service’ that has swallowed up billions upon billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money without anywhere near a commensurate improvement in standards.

Daniel Hannan was right: would you wish this kind of appalling neglect on your most vulnerable citizens?

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My Mother had Parkinsons and complained to us on numerous occasions that when sh wanted the toilet during the night she was told to do it in the bed.
This was mainly in care homes and when we complained we were told that this was impossible and she had imagined it. Up until her hospitalisation a few weeks before she died she was lucid and although immobile was able to talk and reason normally like anyone else. Toileting is a basic human right and thinking back how she must have agonised when we left her each evening knowing what she must endure from heartless ‘ so called’ nursing staff. We as a family have to live with thoughts taht we may have ‘ let her down’ wonder what nursing staff think when they finish a shift – have they done all that they could to preserve human dignity

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My dad was attack and had been released by RHH with muscle damage to his neck however 3wks later they called him back in,they put a collar round his neck and telling him not to move off the bed at all i was with him for 10 hrs and not one nurse came and asked him if he need the toilet turned out he’d actually broken his neck during the attack and while at RHH i feel he to was neglected and had it not been for family he would have gone hungry as he need help to eat as he was not allowed to move but no nurse ever came to help he was transfered also after 2wks and the hosptial in oswesty were great x

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When my Nan was in RH they were giving her food which she hardly ate any of and then marking the records off saying she’d eaten a full meal.

When my Mom was in there were no problems at all though.

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These stories are very sad. Why are there no police charges being laid, some of these abuses and attacks deserve prison time. Some good investigative techniques and the full weight of the law need to be forthcoming here. This behavior needs to be uncovered and as far as I’m concerned the perpetrators should be marked and shamed for life. Shame on this scum.

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My father-in-law recently passed away in a nursing home. Prior to this he was in Sandwell Hospital for 5 weeks. The care and nature of the staff depends sometimes on what ward you are in. During his 5 weeks he was on 3 different wards, and the staff on Newton 2 and priory 2 were very understanding to his needs, not all nurses should be branded the same.

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