Who Cares? by Amanda Steane
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Publisher: The Original Book Company
The figures are almost beyond belief:
Around 34,000 people die unnecessarily every year in today’s NHS hospitals and another 25,000 are unnecessarily permanently disabled.
These 59,000 victims of poor care, neglect and negligence in New Labour's 'reformed' NHS are our loved ones – grandparents, parents, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children and friends.
Amanda Steane's husband Paul went into hospital for minor surgery. After repeated mistakes and neglect by inexperienced doctors and over-worked nurses in dirty wards, Paul emerged a helpless invalid. In constant pain and unable to walk, talk, see or breathe properly, Paul took his own life.
The NHS tried to avoid any responsibility for what was happening to Paul – letters were 'mislaid', promises were 'forgotten' and key medical records were 'lost'. But a nurse, outraged at how Paul and Amanda were being treated, sent Amanda copies of the 'lost' medical records. These indicated that the NHS was probably lying and the police started to investigate.
In her own words and through photos of Paul's horrific decline from healthy man to helpless invalid, Amanda aims to warn us about what is happening in many hospitals in today's NHS. She does this, not to place blame, but to ensure that nobody else ever again has to suffer as Paul did.
Paul's is not an isolated case – there are thousands of similar stories. By just improving basic patient care, we could save thousands of lives every year.