Some nursing homes screw up on that too, Mrs.W has caught them out, residents with dehydration and medical conditions as a direct result …. the manager/staff hopelessly didn’t know.
Standards vary a great deal.
Inadequate social care (local authorities) is the greatest issue. If the proper funding was in place, the NHS and hospitals wouldn’t be the dumping ground / last resort for everyone in need.
I’m got some secondhand knowledge from Mrs.W who’s a specialist NHS nurse in several areas. It’s not just money, she talks about; disjointed thinking and actions, incompetence, avoidable waste, a lucky dip where someone in trouble e.g. a pensioner who really shouldn’t be at home anymore on...
Smaller units or a reorganisation, where staff can and do take ownership of a patient’s care and needs? Too easy to be lost in the system and workload.
Shocking, poor soul.
Why’s it not huge news today? Because it was 3 years ago and it’s yet another case of hospital medical negligence. The NHS pay out over £2b a year for claims, revealing a vast number of catastrophic blunders.