Itrytoplease Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Disabled woman ‘left to die’ after council cut all 18 of her care services. The severely disabled former midwife was unable to leave her bed to eat, drink, or go to the toilet, but was left to fend for herself at her home in Southsea, Portsmouth. Her care was axed on December 10 last year..... Is this what this Country has come to? http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/18/disabled-woman-left-die-council-cut-18-care-services-7322427/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle-82 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 That's awful! No one should have to die like that.. Shame on those who had the power to do something about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogey Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Disabled woman ‘left to die’ after council cut all 18 of her care services. The severely disabled former midwife was unable to leave her bed to eat, drink, or go to the toilet, but was left to fend for herself at her home in Southsea, Portsmouth. Her care was axed on December 10 last year..... Is this what this Country has come to? http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/18/disabled-woman-left-die-council-cut-18-care-services-7322427/ The article does read slightly differently and suggests that 18 care agencies had banned or barred her for being abusive to staff. Of course nobody should die for want of medical care in this country but I suspect there is more to this than meets the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey finn Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 The article does read slightly differently and suggests that 18 care agencies had banned or barred her for being abusive to staff. Of course nobody should die for want of medical care in this country but I suspect there is more to this than meets the eye. Maybe when dealing with people in such poor mental and physical health the workers should purchase some thick skin from the real life shop, that or get a job as an ambulance driver in Tunstall, it beggars belief that people should let someone in that condition fend for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle-82 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 The article does read slightly differently and suggests that 18 care agencies had banned or barred her for being abusive to staff. Of course nobody should die for want of medical care in this country but I suspect there is more to this than meets the eye. Absolutely NO excuse! Yes i bet it's unpleasant having to take abuse from terminally ill people but there is no excuse in the UK for anyone to die because of lack of care! None.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENG601PM Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hard to know where to start but where was the woman's GP in all this? Had they also kicked her off and left her without primary care, or had they failed to provide primary care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Absolutely NO excuse! Yes i bet it's unpleasant having to take abuse from terminally ill people but there is no excuse in the UK for anyone to die because of lack of care! None.... I can understand the 18 care providers refusing to treat if she is abusive, but it's not reasonable for them to not find a more suitable agency. End of life, especially if dementia is involved can make people quite violent and they are not even realising that they are behaving inappropriately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hard to know where to start but where was the woman's GP in all this? Had they also kicked her off and left her without primary care, or had they failed to provide primary care? an old mate in sheff died of swine flu a fair few years ago, as he had mental health issues and could get abusive so didnt have a permenent GP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENG601PM Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 an old mate in sheff died of swine flu a fair few years ago, as he had mental health issues and could get abusive so didnt have a permenent GP I've heard similar stories, hence the hunch / question. There shouldn't be any circumstances where somebody is left without primary care even if a GP practice won't take them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 18 care providers over a period of how long? Did she have 18 different agencies providing different services, or did some take over from previous providers? If it was the former, surely someone who needed all these services was ill-suited for being "cared for" at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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