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Elderly care dossier shows ‘shameful attitudes’
9 November 2011 Last updated at 01:33
The government said it was determined to “root out poor performance”
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Nurse and patient Attitudes to elderly people in the NHS are shameful, says the Patients Association
A dossier containing “shameful” stories about the care elderly patients receive in NHS hospitals in England has been published by campaigners.
The Patients Association said the 16 cases include people being denied pain relief, left to sit in their own faeces and going without food and drink.
It comes after criticism from other groups and the charity said it was highlighting the tip of the iceberg.
The government said it was determined to “root out poor performance”.
Super home’ to be built in care home shake up
Norfolk could see three dementia care homes replaced by a new multi-million pound site
By BEN WOODS Tuesday, November 8, 2011
11.26 AM
A shake-up in the care provision across Norfolk could see three dementia care homes replaced by a new multi-million pound site.
A proposal has been launched to build an £8m super care home in Gorleston to shore up care facilities offered to elderly dementia patients.
The plans put forward by Norse Care, a public sector care company owned by Norfolk County Council, would include the closure of Magdalen House, in Gorleston, Mildred Stone House, in Great Yarmouth, and Clere House, in Ormesby, after September 2013.
Hospital bed-blocking ‘rising’
Patients are facing increasing delays in being discharged from hospital, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.
The problem – known as bed-blocking – happens when support from social care or district nursing is not available in the community for vulnerable patients.
Department of Health data shows that in the last two months, there were more than 128,000 days of delays in England, up 11% on the same period last year.
