Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _...

6
I had to resc ue my m um from a PRIVATE hospi tal as the nurses w ere s o callou s: Thi nk woeful care is just an NHS problem? HARRIET SERGEANT’ S bitter exper ience proves oth erw ise Gilly Sergeant experienced sub-standard care at a private London hospital Shock at nurses 'constantly immersed in their computers and devices' The 86-year-old was given a crushed peppermint for stomach pain By Harriet Sergeant PUBLISHED:  22:33, 30 December 2013 | UPDATED:  22:36, 30 Dec emb er 2013 The nurses are saying that our mother is mad,’ hissed my sister down the phone, ‘You have to come to the ho spital right now.’ Two days before our mother Gilly, aged 86, had been gripped by a severe back spasm. My father, Patrick , lucky enough to have health insurance, had r ushed her to one of Londo n’s private hospital s. They’d already had one re cent ex perience of an NH S casualty w ard — my father, 89, had been left for eight hours on a hospital trolley in acute pain — and they were not going back for more. ‘The NHS,’ said my father, ‘is no place for the elder ly.’

Transcript of Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _...

Page 1: Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

8/13/2019 Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/think-woeful-care-is-just-an-nhs-problem-harriet-sergeants-bitter-experience 1/6

Page 2: Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

8/13/2019 Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/think-woeful-care-is-just-an-nhs-problem-harriet-sergeants-bitter-experience 2/6

Page 3: Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

8/13/2019 Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/think-woeful-care-is-just-an-nhs-problem-harriet-sergeants-bitter-experience 3/6

Page 4: Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

8/13/2019 Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/think-woeful-care-is-just-an-nhs-problem-harriet-sergeants-bitter-experience 4/6

Page 5: Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

8/13/2019 Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/think-woeful-care-is-just-an-nhs-problem-harriet-sergeants-bitter-experience 5/6

Page 6: Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

8/13/2019 Think Woeful Care is Just an NHS Problem_ HARRIET SERGEANT's Bitter Experience Proves Otherwise _ Mail Online

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/think-woeful-care-is-just-an-nhs-problem-harriet-sergeants-bitter-experience 6/6