dispatches NHS secre diaries

[tinkerbell23]

http://www.novamov.com/video/qghoafevh3edn

i asked for a link in media last night and i found this....just watched it and im crying my eyes out!! i cannot believe the care, or lack of that i just watched :0(

i must say though, luckily during my training, i havent seen anything like that when people want to die at home. in fact i honestly hand on heart can say my (short) time with district nurses, they , in conjunction with other teams allowed people to die at home peacefully. im starting a new 7wk placement on 26th with district nurses and i CANNOT WAIT!

Did anyone watch this whenit was on?- xx

[lylabellablueyes]

Is it the one where the poor guy dying of cancer couldn't get any morphine as there wasn't enough staff on??

I can't watch the video link :-(

[DEN53]

Hiya future daughter-in-law - yep, I saw the last half hour of it - very sad, I too was in tears.

[Mamyalynne]

It was really heart wrenching to watch.

[brenda]

I watched the programme and was sickened by the behaviour of some NHS employees in the episode.They were rude , aggressive , bullying and negligent, as well as often being morbidly obese.
The NHS has a problems, and many of these are caused often the poor quality of personnel they employ as nurses. No wonder people choose to go to Dignitas if they can afford it.

Before anyone jumps down my throat , I accept that there are some very good and empathetic nurses , and that this was a documentary based on snapshot events and probably tailored to shock.

However it did occur to me that nurses are not badly paid, and that there are many many carers in say residential homes, getting minimum wages who would appear to be able to work with the sick and elderly in a way which does not demean their residents.
It is not acceptable in my view to lay the blame for a bad attitude on having to meet Gov targets.!!!

[DONNA1458]

I was in hospital in 2009 for five weeks and had to fight for my care everyday but other people around me not strong enough or had the family support did get neglected and some did die due to this.

[brenda]

Donna -- exactly what I was trying to say

[tinkerbell23]

Hello future M-i-L!! Hehe aww yes thats the one lyla!! Horrible im still reeling !! Sent link to some uni mates- what NOT to do eh xx