What the woman in the article is a little off on, is a massive entity like the NHS doesn't feel a change in expenditures in a week or month, and the funding for NHS went through December 31, 2010, under budgets set forth by Mr. Brown. David Cameron has not ruined NHS as his efforts are yet to be felt and I doubt an entity the size of NHS opts to fall apart pre-implementation, just for fun.
Otherwise, the rest of the article about covers it. Given the two dozen or so other postings about the NHS - none pose any different scenario than this, it is probably a very accurate reflection of the health services in England.
Sickening horror of how health cuts are affecting patient care revealed
by Krissy Storrar, Daily Mirror 22/01/2011
Debbie Pope is so desperately worried about the care her sick dad is receiving she spends all day by his hospital bed.
The 47-year-old former council worker has witnessed some horrific scenes while tending to her father Fred Corbett, 71 – and blames the devastating ConDem cuts for the misery she witnessed on the front line.
After he was admitted to Darent Valley Hospital, in Dartford, Kent at Christmas with a urinary infection, ex-carpenter Fred has lost three stone, his condition has worsened and he has developed an abscess on his spine.
In that time, Debbie, from nearby Northfleet, has seen a terminally-ill cancer patient left in a makeshift bed with no light or TV point, naked dementia patients wandering around and dedicated staff nearing exhaustion. She also said her dad spent a day lying next to two dead bodies.
She said: “It is sickening. Everyone should know what is happening in our hospitals. It is so distressing to see a hospital brought to its knees. My dad and other patients are suffering because the place is overcrowded and the staff are rushed off their feet. Often there is no one to put in drips or change catheters. Dad is in so much pain he often can’t speak. He wrote on his leg ‘help me’ and said he wants to die.
“The promises of the Government can be seen for what they are. It must be happening all over the country.” Darent Valley has been over-stretched since the A&E ward at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup was closed last November. It is also facing making more cutbacks over the next three years.
Mrs Pope added: “I’m very concerned about what is happening to this hospital, the pure lack of staff and the cutbacks.
“One nurse said to me, ‘This hospital is bursting with sick people and not enough help’. We’re heading for more tragedies.”
A hospital spokesman apologised for the presence of dementia patients on the wards and added that one of the deceased bodies stayed on the ward to allow relatives to pay their last respects. The terminally-ill cancer patient has now been moved.
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