Yesterday I visited an ex-nurse, now in her 90s and in a private nursing home, not able to walk much but very clear in her mind.
She told me of 3 instances where she couldn't imagine why NHS services had been used to look after her, while the Home, in order to comply with its registration requirements, has to have a trained nurse on the staff all the time.
The first was when she was sent to Hospital by ambulance for an enema!
The second was when she had a fall in the night, cutting her head. She refused to go to hospital that night, but they sent her off anyway in the morning, where the cut was treated and she was brought back.
When the cut was healed the Home insisted that because the dressing had been put on in hospital a district nurse had to come to remove the plaster, which she did in 1 minute, having driven how far to get there?
The third was on Friday, when, her ears needing syringing, she had been putting olive oil in them for a few days. The district nurse came and just looked at them and said he' d return next week, but would syringe them one at a time on different days.
She is paying for care in this Home. Why should the NHS be involved with these minor matters? The Home insists that these procedures are demanded by the NHS. This is daftness. Why should anybody beyond the Home ever even know about them?
We both wonder if this is happening on a grand scale. Does anybody know?
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