Patients pay for their own nurses in NHS hospitals

Private nurses are being hired to feed and wash elderly patients in NHS hospitals. The patients, or their relatives, are spending up to £200 per day to ensure they receive basic nursing care that health service staff fail to provide. The reports on these findings have been received with further dismay, as once again reflect the current lack of ability in the public sector to supoprt and care for a growing population. Whilst social care reform may be one answer, in the meantime the work which my care manager undertakes does help to navigate a complex syatem, uphold rights and use specialist knowledge to ensure that choices and solutions are available.