Do you think NHS kill patients?

Not deliberately no. But I think for the majority they are overworked and understaffed and have to make tough decisions on how to prioritise patients which sadly results in some not receiving the complete care they might need.

I think some trusts are worse than others also, it’s unfair to say the whole NHS.

I think they do I also think they kill people they deem too fat and worth too much trouble for them I know a few people who was a bit bigger not too much bigger and they went in for hospital treatment and never came back out

i think it’s just a case of too many patients too little time. maybe some trusts have wards that are more detached than others, but my best friend works in respiratory with a lot of sick old people and she’s in counselling to deal with the constant loss. each department will always prioritise attention to those who need it most, whether that’s emergency based or if they feel the patient needs more 1:1 time, chances are they can see you’re there with her so are spending more time with those that have no one. you never know, but everyone i know who works in hospitals care a lot for every patient to a fault. it doesn’t help the services and assessments offered are data driven so they may want to do some intervention or scans etc but they’re not allowed to spend the money.

I think a lot of NHS staff get incredibly jaded through their work, which can lead to carelessness and frustration that undoubtedly impacts the patients.

When things have calmed down for you I definitely recommend Adam Kay’s book/TV series ‘this is going to hurt’. It gives a really interesting perspective, although it will break your heart.

Sending well wishes to you and your mum, I hope things improve ❤️

No. My brother was 16 at the time, had been hit by a van and was on life support in ICU for 3 weeks. He had 17 major surgeries and a ridiculous amount of blood. When he was eventually transferred to the ward (where he spent a further 3 months), they were awful - never changed his catheter/ pee bag, even kept tripping over it and hurting him. He got sepsis 3 times and a bacterial infection. Each time he had signs of sepsis, I was the one hounding them to check for it - they didn’t automatically do it.

I would say it isn’t at all about age, nor whether they have family to advocate for them. It’s an issue of being understaffed and overworked. The NHS is in dire need of investment and better management, and a good start would be de-privatisation and a review of all the contractors they’re forced to use by our government which are all of poor quality and inflated costs to further starve so that the everyday person believes privatisation is the way to go when it’s actually the root cause