NHS £45K payout after woman kept alive against her will

[Freddyfruitba...]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-42240148

So clearly the NHS screwed up here, which was pretty shitty for the poor old biddy whose living will they managed to lose. But why is the eventual outcome that her daughter cops for a large payout of much-needed NHS funds as a result? The daughter "said she had sought legal advice to highlight the case so the same thing did not happen to others". Sure.
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[stinkwheel]

Unfortunately, if it doesn't cost them anything, there is no reason for them to do anything about it.

If the cost of implementing procedures to prevent this happening again is more than the possible cost of the fuckup. The fuckups will continue to happen.

A good analogy is that some councils have decided that the cost of paying out compensation for damaged vehicles is less than the cost of actually fixing the potholes. So they don't fix them.
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

Think of it as a fine not a reward.

I heard this on the radio today and apparently not only did they keep her alive against her wishes, they went to great lengths to do so having mislaid her living will directions. "Treatment" included artificial feeding, not by nasal gastric tube but using surgery for her to receive nourishment.

It sounded more like torture than treatment.

They could not have got it more wrong if they'd tried.

I always wonder how it feels to receive compensation in cases like this. How can the recipient enjoy anything the money buys them knowing the reason that they got the money is because their loved one suffered.

That would definitely take the joy out of the round the world cruise for me.
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[grr666]

Wait til they get hammered for making my mate partially deaf in both ears after mis-dispensing very strong drugs
while he was hospitalised with endocarditis. He will be taking them to the cleaners in due course. Good luck to him I say.
He has to wear hearing aids forever now, he's 35. If that's not bad enough, every time he visits my dog tries to
remove them from his ears because they make a very high fequency sound. His hearing is expected to deteriorate
continually now. Poor sod, he's been through enough after open heart surgery twice, a mild stroke and a collapsed lung.
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[ScaredyCat]

I wouldn't worry about it. Once privatisation is complete people like her will be able to die alone at home without anyone even noticing - at least until the neighbours complain about the smell.
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[MCN]

The bad stories aye make headlines.

There are still millions of good stuff done by NHS.

People should stop kicking it.

Pay footballers more money fuck doctors and nurses.
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