[Margaret Pilkington]

I'm sure that the dead bodies don't mind being left where they are, but the remaining patients in the Ward DO mind...and I'm sure the relatives of the deceased and the relatives of the patients in the ward mind a great deal.

It doesn't matter how sensitively you handle a death on the ward....the other patients are most certainly aware even when the patient who was dying is moved into a side room prior to their demise.

If I was in charge of a ward and a patient died I would insist that the appropriate resources were made available for the movement of the body...even if it meant drafting a porter from the other site. I am glad that the porters have highlighted this dire state of affairs.