These often harrowing accounts should cause every member of NHS staff who reads this report to pause and ask themselves if any of their patients could suffer in the same way.
I know from my caseload that in many cases, the answer must be yes.
Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK, said: The inhumane treatment of older people described in this report is sickening and should send shock waves through the NHS and Government.
Its difficult to imagine us allowing any other group of people to suffer this indignity and neglect, yet we know this is just the tip of the iceberg. Appalling treatment of older people in the health service is far too common.
Under Labour, health spending in England tripled to reach more than £100 billion a year. A new NHS Constitution set out the services commitment to human rights, high-quality care and respect for patients and their families.
Yet the Ombudsman said her offices investigations into the cases of 10 people over 65, which took place between 2009 and last year, showed the stark contrast between the NHSs stated principles and the treatment patients received.
The patients had all been loving, active people of a generation that didnt like to make a fuss. They had simply wanted to be cared for properly and die peacefully but they all suffered unnecessary pain, indignity and distress while in the care of the NHS. As a result, they were transformed from alert and able individuals to people who were dehydrated, malnourished or unable to communicate.
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