
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


How well do NHS hospitals look after their elderly patients? Allan Urry investigates concerns about a lack of basic care. Is it proving fatal for some? Why are bedsores, repeated falls, malnutrition and dehydration still featuring among the complaints of families who've lost loved ones? The programme also assesses how well the NHS responds when mistakes are made.
Reporter: Allan Urry
By BBC Radio 44.3
3232 ratings
How well do NHS hospitals look after their elderly patients? Allan Urry investigates concerns about a lack of basic care. Is it proving fatal for some? Why are bedsores, repeated falls, malnutrition and dehydration still featuring among the complaints of families who've lost loved ones? The programme also assesses how well the NHS responds when mistakes are made.
Reporter: Allan Urry

7,845 Listeners

374 Listeners

857 Listeners

1,069 Listeners

48 Listeners

5,536 Listeners

1,804 Listeners

1,773 Listeners

1,065 Listeners

109 Listeners

771 Listeners

77 Listeners

64 Listeners

72 Listeners

744 Listeners

3,221 Listeners

165 Listeners

778 Listeners

266 Listeners

1,594 Listeners

45 Listeners

49 Listeners

33 Listeners

50 Listeners

48 Listeners