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Gordon Booth · 14-10-2011, 18:35

So we have teachers who can't/don't teach, police who can't/don't police,civil servants who aren't civil to us, public servants who don't want to bother with the public.
Now we have nurses who don't nurse! 50 out of 100 hospitals sub-standard care for the elderly, 20 of them so bad some were commiting crimes!
How can anyone, especially a nurse, leave a helpless person dying for lack of water, leave a meal when they're asleep and take it away before they waken up, leave them in their own mess and ignore them when they ask for help?
The usual cry of ' We're overworked, understaffed' doesn't wash. The investigators found some hospitals with poor facilities and low staff gave excellent care, some with good facilities and full staff levels were terrible.
It's not the staffing levels, it's the staff! Blaming 'Management' isn't good enough either although they should never allow this to happen.
These ward staff aren't just 'walking by on the other side'. They're causing death by neglect.How can they do it and how do we stop it?

14-10-2011, 18:35	#1
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Those who should- don't. So we have teachers who can't/don't teach, police who can't/don't police,civil servants who aren't civil to us, public servants who don't want to bother with the public. Now we have nurses who don't nurse! 50 out of 100 hospitals sub-standard care for the elderly, 20 of them so bad some were commiting crimes! How can anyone, especially a nurse, leave a helpless person dying for lack of water, leave a meal when they're asleep and take it away before they waken up, leave them in their own mess and ignore them when they ask for help? The usual cry of ' We're overworked, understaffed' doesn't wash. The investigators found some hospitals with poor facilities and low staff gave excellent care, some with good facilities and full staff levels were terrible. It's not the staffing levels, it's the staff! Blaming 'Management' isn't good enough either although they should never allow this to happen. These ward staff aren't just 'walking by on the other side'. They're causing death by neglect.How can they do it and how do we stop it?