1,200 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals; 'Nurses are too busy to feed patients'

tallanvor · Jun 27, 2013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-NHS-hospitals-nurses-busy-feed-patients.html

As many as 1,165 people starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years fuelling claims nurses are too busy to feed their patients.

The Department of Health branded the figures 'unacceptable' and said the number of unannounced inspections by the care watchdog will increase.

According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics following a Freedom of Information request, for every patient who dies from malnutrition, four more have dehydration mentioned on their death certificate.

Critics say nurses are too busy to feed patients and often food and drink are placed out of reach of vulnerable people.
In 2011, 43 patients starved to death and 291 died in a state of severe malnutrition, while the number of patients discharged from hospital suffering from malnutrition doubled to 5,558.

Dianne Jeffrey, chairwoman of Malnutrition Task Force, condemned the statistics.

She told The Sunday Express: 'Too many are paying the price with their lives while being deprived of the basic right to good nutrition, hydration and support.'
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Can't wait for government run health care.

Major · Jun 27, 2013

So we've now shifted from posting random articles about things relevant to the US without any commentary to posting random international news without commentary?

Northside Storm · Jun 27, 2013

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2012/septe...st-year’s-figure-points-to-48000-preventable-

The Census Bureau’s official estimate that 48.6 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2011 means approximately 48,000 people died needlessly last year because they couldn’t get access to timely and appropriate care, a health policy expert said today.
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