At last, after three years of cuts to social care, there now seems to be a growing awareness that there may be a problem in cutting this vital public service. Sadly that problem, at least as far as the newspapers … Continue reading
As many as 1,165 people starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years fuelling claims nurses are too busy to feed their patients. The Department of Health branded the figures ‘unacceptable’ and said the number of unannounced … Continue reading
Sir David Nicholson or as he’s known now “The Man with No Shame” has refused to resign, this is the man who totally ignores the families who’s loved ones died under his watch, he has washed his hands of all … Continue reading
Hospitals are ‘very bad places’ for elderly people, according to the head of the NHS. Sir David Nicholson said they were not the right place to care for ‘old, frail people’, and called for community care to be expanded to … Continue reading
Labour calls on government not to ‘let the tax avoiders into the NHS‘ after revelations in review by Monitor Private companies providing NHS services could be exempt from paying corporation tax on their profits under proposals being considered by a … Continue reading
Margaret Thatcher and her chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe were behind a politically toxic plan in 1982 to dismantle the welfare state, newly released Downing Street documents show. She later attempted to distance herself from the plans after what was … Continue reading
I have always been totally gobsmacked that Hospitals seem to close down on weekends, Nurses, Porters, Technicians, Labs, Kitchens, X-Ray Dept and several other areas of the general hospital workforce yet Consultants appear to be a different breed of human being. … Continue reading
Jo Brand to some people may be a brilliant comedian but apologising for the state of nursing is a joke too far. Nursing standards have been going downhill for years, it’s not something that has just happened and it’s NOT just down … Continue reading
MP said her husband was ‘squashed up against the iron bars of the bed’ with ‘an oxygen mask that didn’t fit his face’ The human rights advocate said ‘nobody should die in such conditions’ A spokesman for the University Hospital … Continue reading
Around 94% of hospital beds were occupied last month, well above the 85% limit that doctors regard as necessary to maintain safe, good quality care, government figures reveal. The statistics, which show that many hospitals had only a handful of … Continue reading