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The nurses cant just blame money, they need to look at themselves and how callous, uncaring, incompassionate and unpreofessional many of them are.
Under new labour this disgusting nursing behaviour was buried as the Nurses form the biggets Union in the UK and labour are controlled by the unions. But now it is being exposed. Ive seen many many malpractices by disgusting nursing standards over the years.

Cruel, selfish indifference to patients in agony , in some cases dying. Only this year it was revealed an estimated 25,000 people ave died in hospitals from blood clots they developed in hospital due to nursing negligence. they dont even put the orthopaedic socks on properly. in other cases they dont even carry out simple 5 minute swallow tests (a spoon of salt and water) to see if a patient can eat and drink. Mrsa is 70 times the rate in UK hospitals as it is in sweden. these nurses are not just cruel , they ignore patients for hours on end, in some cases faeces is left to lie on the floor until a morning cleaner arrives, in other cases they fail to tell porters if the patient theyre transporting has mrsa....in other cases patients have had DNR (do not rescusitate) on their bed , which means theyre allowed to die, without even consulting the patient or any family or friend.

this is a disgrace. I personally have reported many nursing malpractices and it always gets buried. Now hopefully as it goes public with mp's and independent reports exposing corrupt cruel nursing practices. we may see a change for the good of the patients. to expose the bad nurses (still in the minority but the numbers have grown) will also assist the good nurses.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20597738

An MP has broken down as she described the "coldness, resentment, indifference and contempt" of some nurses who treated her late husband.

Ann Clwyd, Labour MP for Cynon Valley, said Owen Roberts died "like a battery hen" at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.

She claimed he had "hospital-induced pneumonia" and nurses did not keep him warm or care for him


Ms Clwyd's spoke on the BBC Radio 4's The World At One on the day the chief nursing officer for England called for more emphasis on nurses providing compassionate care in hospitals.

In a new campaign aimed at reassuring the public, Jane Cummings said action must be taken to ensure the values such as compassion, communication and commitment in public health care were embedded.

"There is poor care, sometimes very poor," she said. "Such poor care is a betrayal of what we all stand for."

Ms Clwyd's husband, a former head of news and current affairs for BBC Cymru Wales and an ITV executive, had been treated for multiple sclerosis before his death in October.

She described how, hours before he died, he complained that he was cold and wanted to go home.

"He didn't have any clothes over him and he was half covered by two very thin inadequate sheets," she said.

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"His feet were sticking out of the bed at an angle and he was extremely cold and I tried to cover him with a towel.

"He was very distressed and totally aware of his situation and, although unable to speak because of the oxygen mask, he made it clear he was cold and wanted to come home.

"A few hours later he died."

She added: "I really do feel he died of cold, and he died from people who didn't care."

Ms Clwyd, 75, explained how she had seen a nurses round only once between 14:30 BST and 22:30 BST during her visit.


Owen Roberts worked at BBC Wales in the 70s and was an ITV executive When she stopped a nurse in the corridor to ask why her husband was not in intensive care she was told that there were lots of people worse than him.

Ms Clwyd broke down in tears when she said that the whole experience gives her nightmares.

"I really find it difficult to sleep and very difficult to talk about," she said.

She likened his death to that of a "battery hen" adding that he was cramped and squashed up against the iron bars of his bed with an oxygen mask that did not fit.

She said he had an eye infection and very dry lips, which she tried to moisten with her own lip balm.

Ms Clwyd added that she felt she should bring a complaint "because I think it's just too common place, this sort of thing".

"I thought he was with professionals," she said

"Nobody should die in conditions I saw my husband die in."

All this within a week of another 2 damning reports highlighting the disatsrously low nursing standards across the UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...tients-welfare

Inspections of hospitals show that a lack of staff, especially those with the right skills, is a key reason why one in 10 patients are denied respect and dignity, 15% are not fed properly and 20% have their care and welfare neglected, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).