A patient lobby group is demanding an urgent review of basic hospital care after highlighting accounts of “appalling” NHS standards.
The Patients Association highlighted 16 cases in England where people, often the elderly, were left lying in faeces and urine and were not helped to eat.
The group’s president Claire Rayner, an ex-nurse, called for “bad, cruel nurses” to be struck off. The government said the cases were unacceptable but not representative.
The latest national survey of patients by the health regulator showed that nine in 10 rated their care as excellent or good - with just 2% saying it had been poor.
Read more at BBC Health.
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