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Nearly 1,200 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals because ‘nurses are too busy to feed patients’

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Vulnerable Martin Ryan starved to death in an NHS hospital after 26 days without proper nourishment

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 →

Elderly patients are being ‘deprived of food and drink so they die quicker and free up bed space’, claim doctors

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an elderly woman in the hospital in a wheelchair beside bed. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

Hospitals may be withholding food and drink  from elderly patients so they die quicker to cut costs and save on bad spaces,  leading doctors have warned. Thousands of terminally ill people are placed  on a ‘care pathway’ every year to … Continue reading →