A report I read today in The Daily Telegraph claimed that a majority of elderly people died within a month of NHS operations because they were not cared for properly. In the survey of 820 patients over the age of 80, 38% were said to be cared for inadequately. Many were malnourished, treated by inadequate doctors and did not receive adequate pain relief. Only a third of the patients were treated by a geriatric specialist.
The key problem in the NHS drawn from this research showed that pain in patients that had difficulty communicating was not managed properly.
The government are determined to make the NHS more patient centered; the patient safety should be at the heart of everything.
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