MORE BAD NEWS FROM THE NHS - PROVING, ONCE AGAIN, SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE SUCKS

BBC: NHS care 'left to student nurses'

Lives are being put at risk because student nurses are being left on their own with patients, a study has claimed. A poll by the Royal College of Nursing of 1,500 student nurses found nearly half had been left unattended with patients without warning. Guidelines say student nurses should always be monitored except those in their final year and even that has to be prearranged. ...

Gill Robertson, the RCN's student nurses adviser, said there were reports of students just eight weeks into their training being left alone. She said this could happen on surgical wards and other areas of a hospital where patients were extremely ill. "That is like the average person being left with a patient. It should not be happening and is a risk to patient care." ...

And another survey of nurses working in 173 hospital wards revealed a third of nurses thought patient care was being compromised on each shift because of reduced staffing.

RCN general secretary Peter Carter agreed the financial problems in the NHS were to blame for the problem. [Umph added.]

IF IT DOESN'T WORK THEE. IT WON'T WORK HERE - YET EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY IS ADVOCATING "UNIVERSAL" HEALTHCARE. IT MAKES NO SENSE.

MAKING THE GOVERNMENT PAY - THROUGH TAX INCREASES - FOR INFERIOR CARE IS IDIOTIC.

EXPENSIVE MEDIOCRE CARE IS SOMETHING WE CAN ILL AFFORD. PUN INTENDED.