How not to Die in Hospital and Why Patients are dying to be treated properly

"The Things You MUST know - But Most People Don't
about NHS Hospitals"

From A Real Nurse With Over 46 Years Experience !!!

Patients Are Dying to be Treated Properly
and avoid being infected with MRSA

Since writing this article there has been a documentary on BBC panorama on the subject.

Even in this day and age patients are still demanding to be treated properly and whether it is the NHS or private care, MRSA and other hospital borne contagious diseases are not discriminating of source, gender, race or culture.
Every body in the UK has the right to be treated properly however large or small their complaint and they are dying for it !

Today’s demands on the NHS are vastly attributable to the influx of foreign settlers & our increasingly aged population, and in light of the latest shocking news you would think the NHS would be working hand in hand with the private sector, which would result in benefits all round, and patients being treated properly but the media would lead us to believe that is not the case.

The best treatment options are not necessarily merely because one can afford private hospital treatment, and it does not inevitably give you better standards of care, or patients are treated any better, but the chance of catching MRSA in a private setting is statistically reduced. All the same, the standard of medical care in the private sector is equal to that of the NHS, but in a lot of situations, the NHS is better than the private sector.

For Example; The NHS can perform very complex, delicate and elaborate procedures which are not normally undertaken by the private sector, but on the other hand you normally have to be on a waiting list and it can sometimes take months before you even see a specialist, let alone get you hip replaced or other such procedures and thats why we use the metafor patients are dying to be treated properly.

If you are dying to have your procedure undertaken with speed then the private sector is much quicker, cleaner and the Risk of MRSA is not as great. Unfortunately when matters go awry in the private sector it is the NHS who are left alone to clear up these complications.

Medicines are obtainable in both sectors; At times the media suggests that the government is being stingy but a great deal or research and consideration goes in to what drugs are provided and treatment of patients for diseases like MRSA and it is equally the same for both sectors.

August 2009

Abuse in A/E and patients dying to be treated