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Topic History of: NHS Inquiries
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Barney wrote:
So many sad stories coming out of the blood contamination inquiry.
Harrowing doesn't do justice to what happened to so many.
Who made only one mistake - to trust the system and the experts.
Most of us have no choice but to trust them, despite all the mistakes.
Money being tight in the NHS appears to be behind a lot of the blunders.
When you are expected to get the cheapest deal every time, and not the best, things are bound to go wrong. |
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Barney |
So many sad stories coming out of the blood contamination inquiry.
Harrowing doesn't do justice to what happened to so many.
Who made only one mistake - to trust the system and the experts.
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Barney |
The contaminated blood saga, which lasted for years - infecting thousands with AIDS and HIV - is being described as chilling and harrowing.
As well as 'the greatest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS' - which is about 70 years old.
No doubt, blame will be passed around - with legal cases lasting for generations.
On the face of it though, the decision to buy uncertified/unverified blood plasma products seems frightening.
It clearly begs the question - what else did they buy?
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Barney |
One has started; the other just announced.
Contaminated blood products were administered, leading to at least 2,000 deaths; these had been sourced from the US where some of the blood used has been bought from prisoners - who, seemingly, had not been tested appropriately.
Painkiling opiates are to be the subject of the new inquiry - not the first, by any means. It would appear that thousands were prescribed and given dosage levels that were far too high, resulting again in numerous unnecessary deaths.
Not a good day for the NHS...
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