Health inspectors are to mount spot checks on NHS hospitals after finding hundreds of older people being treated without dignity or adequate privacy on wards across England. In a report today on conditions in 23 hospitals, the Healthcare Commission said only five complied with all the government's core standards for dignity in care. Others were found to provide degrading treatment, including making incontinent patients wear nappies and placing older women in mixed-sex bays shielded by skimpy curtains on insecure rails.
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Elderly patients still suffer on mixed-sex wards - The Telegraph 27th September 2007
The NHS hospitals that deny old folk even the basic decencies - Daily Mail 26th September 2007
Spot checks threat to NHS trusts - BBC Health News 27th September 2007
No dignity for older patients on NHS wards, says report - The Guardian 27th September 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
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