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[exxos]

Sorry to hear that @JezC and @stephen_usher @rubber_jonnie :(

My girlfriends dad has been in hospital. Thing is, they took him off his meds as the hospital couldn't prescribe them. He's not well and been on antipsychotic drugs for 40 years. His blood has to be closely monitored because of it. So now he's not had his meds for a whole week. He's got the shakes and very unwell. The hospital got a right telling off by his psychiatrist and nurse and it's AGAIN lead to a investigation over failing patient care. Now the poor guy will end up starting his treatment from scratch in a mental hospital as they have to start off on a low dose and work it up slowly and test his blood every 6 hours. This apparently went in for 3 months last time. He only ended up in hospital as he's had a run on sepsis lately. He actually had a water infection. Easily solved with antibiotics. Only as usual the hospital royally screwed up everything.

Sorry for the rant. Hope you guys have better luck.

[rubber_jonnie]

Sorry to hear that @JezC and @stephen_usher @rubber_jonnie :(

My girlfriends dad has been in hospital. Thing is, they took him off his meds as the hospital couldn't prescribe them. He's not well and been on antipsychotic drugs for 40 years. His blood has to be closely monitored because of it. So now he's not had his meds for a whole week. He's got the shakes and very unwell. The hospital got a right telling off by his psychiatrist and nurse and it's AGAIN lead to a investigation over failing patient care. Now the poor guy will end up starting his treatment from scratch in a mental hospital as they have to start off on a low dose and work it up slowly and test his blood every 6 hours. This apparently went in for 3 months last time. He only ended up in hospital as he's had a run on sepsis lately. He actually had a water infection. Easily solved with antibiotics. Only as usual the hospital royally screwed up everything.

Sorry for the rant. Hope you guys have better luck.

Damn, that's terrible. Hope he can get sorted quickly, but the failing patient care is unfortunately a fairly standard thing. My MiL who we're visiting tomorrow was sent home having had multiple water infections whilst in hospital, and they were supposed to help get her walking, but it never really happened. The reablement care she got when she came out was shocking too, people turning up at random times and dashing off, never there when needed, not helping her to walk either, so it was no wonder she was back in hospital after 10 days. It's happening everywhere, and whilst I feel bad for the NHS staff, I feel angry for the differing care depending on your postcode, and the lack of joined up care when you come out of hospital.

I really do hope everyone here is ok and if you need to message me, please do. Even if I can't answer right away, I will answer.

[exxos]

Damn, that's terrible. Hope he can get sorted quickly, but the failing patient care is unfortunately a fairly standard thing. My MiL who we're visiting tomorrow was sent home having had multiple water infections whilst in hospital, and they were supposed to help get her walking, but it never really happened. The reablement care she got when she came out was shocking too, people turning up at random times and dashing off, never there when needed, not helping her to walk either, so it was no wonder she was back in hospital after 10 days. It's happening everywhere, and whilst I feel bad for the NHS staff, I feel angry for the differing care depending on your postcode, and the lack of joined up care when you come out of hospital.

Yeah it's been getting worse as time goes on. Nottingham hospital has had a bad reputation for years. Even the ambulance drivers stopped going there and started taking people to derby. Now care in derby has crashed.

It's also a lottery if you get a good ward or not. When I was in hospital with food poisoning only saw a doctor once. Was in there all week. Well ambulance driver accused me of taking drugs hence puking up. Made me so mad. The nurse which was on my ward basically told me to get up off my arse and get my own food. Even though I was sat on the toilet and being sick constantly. I was really bad.

The next week my girlfriend was in hospital. Nobody saw to her. She was being sick and I stopped with her. The useless teen girl on reception was someone I wanted to strangle. After 2 days a nurse finally appeared and kicked me out after I argued with her about lack of care. She discharged herself in the end. That useless teen has the discharge papers right to hand. Amazing that isn't it ?

When my dad was in intensive care half the nurses were ill. One doctor sent a couple home. Though there was only 1 Chinese guy actually monitoring the machines. The rest were stood around talking in reception all day.

Girlfriends dad been in and out of hospital so many times I've lost track. This is I think the 3rd investigation over his care. Dawn thinks they mixed up 2 patients and one day he was supposed to have a x-ray. Then didn't happen. No record of it. No record of the drugs he takes even though he's been on them 40 years.

He had a accident and wet his bed. Nurse had a had a go at dawn's mum that she's got 28 people to care for and not got time to sort him out. He got a physiotherapist to help as he couldn't walk. But he didn't need one, he wasn't very well and they wouldn't let him sit on a chair. So he was lay on a wet bed for ages.

I know a guy who kept complaining he had stomach ache. They told him to stop drinking.i don't know if he even drank. But he had some form of stomach cancer and died a few days later. They didn't take him seriously. Think he was only 34.

I get it that nurses are maxed out. But all this has been ongoing and getting worse for several years now. It's gone well past the point of being in hospital to get better. It's safer not to go into hospitals these days. Even the ambulances are beyond maxed out. I know people who had a fall and needed care. 24hours and the rest for the ambulance to turn up. One time when dawn's dad had sepsis a few weeks ago. It took several hours for one to turn up. Blood poisoning is serious and it needs immediate treatment. He could have died waiting that length of time.

Sorry again for the rant. Really pi**es me of all this does. The NHS has failed big time. Every part of the system is broken in one respect or another. Not saying it's all bad. But really hope others don't have to go though all this crap like we have had to.

[stephen_usher]

Thanks all.

The care my Dad's getting is pretty good at the moment and I can't fault it.

[JezC]

I hope she's ok, we're off to visit my wife's Mum in hospital tomorrow, she had only been back home 10 days before she had a fall and had to go back in. Both you and Stephen have my sympathies.

Yes, thanks. Just worried that after tomorrow she will be on her own for a while, so if she does have problems we won't be on hand to help. She does have very good neighbours & friends but it's not the same (for us at least).

[rubber_jonnie]

Thanks all.

The care my Dad's getting is pretty good at the moment and I can't fault it.

That's good to hear.

[rubber_jonnie]

I hope she's ok, we're off to visit my wife's Mum in hospital tomorrow, she had only been back home 10 days before she had a fall and had to go back in. Both you and Stephen have my sympathies.

Yes, thanks. Just worried that after tomorrow she will be on her own for a while, so if she does have problems we won't be on hand to help. She does have very good neighbours & friends but it's not the same (for us at least).

Sounds positive at least, and I do get What you mean regarding the neighbours. My parents had great neighbours too, but there are things you can't expect them to do.

[JezC]

Sorry to hear that @JezC and @stephen_usher @rubber_jonnie :(

My girlfriends dad has been in hospital. Thing is, they took him off his meds as the hospital couldn't prescribe them. He's not well and been on antipsychotic drugs for 40 years. His blood has to be closely monitored because of it. So now he's not had his meds for a whole week. He's got the shakes and very unwell. The hospital got a right telling off by his psychiatrist and nurse and it's AGAIN lead to a investigation over failing patient care. Now the poor guy will end up starting his treatment from scratch in a mental hospital as they have to start off on a low dose and work it up slowly and test his blood every 6 hours. This apparently went in for 3 months last time. He only ended up in hospital as he's had a run on sepsis lately. He actually had a water infection. Easily solved with antibiotics. Only as usual the hospital royally screwed up everything.

Sorry for the rant. Hope you guys have better luck.

Thanks @exxos - the care in the hospital A&E was pretty good to be honest & they got her into a cubicle within an hour or so of arriving...the rest of the time was getting an x-ray & scan done plus several blood tests/blood pressure checks etc.

It is a bit of a lucky dip with regard to the service you might get though, so just glad that the experience for my Mum & @stephen_usher's Dad seems to be better than some...

[stephen_usher]

And he's gone.

[rubber_jonnie]

And he's gone.

I'm so sorry to hear that Stephen, you have my sympathies, I know what you're going through.