@martinimarie My own experience was (& is) the direct opposite of this. Major head & neck cancer in January (11 hr op), amazing aftercare on the ward. Staff awesome. Ongoing chemo/radiotherapy difficult but support from staff is mind-blowing. Can't excuse what's happened to your friend though.

@Noonerides4free I’m glad you got the correct support and care. That’s how it should be!

@martinimarie I had a C-section back in June 2020 and was unable to get out of bed. The ward was boiling hot. I asked for water multiple times and didn’t get it. As soon as I could get up I stuck my head under the tap in the toilet because I was so thirsty and hadn’t had a drink in hours

@silverwind9999 Shocking!

@martinimarie I’m assuming she’s not a member of the royal family.

@ColonelEscargot Your assumption is correct! ( shock horror!)

@martinimarie Morphine should never be left without the nurse watching you take it, thankfully all my care has been incredible since i was little but it’s number 1 rule, any medication higher than paracetamol should be taken under supervision of a nurse before they can leave

@stephilou8 Exactly!

@martinimarie Contact PALS - they can really help.

@griseldamussett I think I’m beyond PALS with lots of advocating for people!

@martinimarie Sadly it sounds familiar. My hospital trip nearly 2 years ago left me for 9 hours of the day with no food or water, only to finally be given water and some biscuits. I was attached to the bed by tubes the next day and left in my own mess for 2 hours, yelling, buzzer out of reach.

@NicciHowe Shocking!

@martinimarie Controlled drugs are NEVER left alone with the patient without making sure they’ve been administered. There is the risks they get spilled, or even another person takes them. This is basic nursing with drugs 101. It is a disciplinary offence.

@NettyF65 Yup, they were left on the table yesterday!

@martinimarie Controversial opinion but I believe this is 99% to do with the attitude of the particular staff on duty. Kindness and compassion cost nothing. Nobody will convince me that the nurses on duty didn’t have time to bring her a jug of water and a sandwich and smile and offer comfort.

@FeckinLife You’d have thought one of them cared enough wouldn’t you? 💔

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@martinimarie To get some urgent response in hospital, clamp off your blood at the wrist of the hand where that finger monitor is placed. That will soon trigger a code blue and they’ll come running. Then you negotiate: they’ll come when you ring the bell and you’ll quit abusing the system.

@martinimarie Remind me again why Brits love their NHS so much? Stories like this seem to be common.

@martinimarie We have a pact in our family that nobody goes unsupervised into hospital. Back in 1995, when my Dad was post-op with bowel cancer, some genius scribbled a barium ultrasound for him. My sister read the chart and stopped it just as they were wheeling him down the hall. Even in the…