NHS 'clearly not working', says wife of cancer patient treated in 'filthy' cubicle

On New Year's Eve, Phil Cole needed to be in an isolated bed on a specialist cancer ward.

When an ambulance team eventually arrived, Mrs Cole says they were"brilliant" and told the couple there was a bed for Mr Cole in the cancer ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.There was tissue paper from previous patients "I could hear them shouting to one another, and you know they did not stop the whole time I was there. But for me and Phil it was just the worst experience ever.Mrs Cole says her husband remains at the same hospital, now in a room on a ward, but he is"stuck there" while he waits for a bed on the cancer ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

You can always go private

I’ve been in the NG hospital with my dad since 9.30am… they have only just got him a bed, but the service, care and support we received was amazing from the 999 call handler, paramedics, nurses, porters, doctors right down to the tea ladies… AMAZING

'I'm really sad,' she says, 'because I've always been proud of the NHS and proud that we have that in England, you know, and I'm not anymore. 'It's just clearly not working.' Don't worry. When the healthcare gets privatised you can do into debt for treatment instead. 👍

What on earth are we paying the NI for then? Most money going to agency staff and commissions

Not allowing affordable / insurance based private hospitals is as stupid as the media not being allowed to talk about brexshite. It's like uk is a zombie state full of , well, zombies

Yeah that sounds like a typical accident and emergency department, there all the same

PrincessofWails They should blame the NHS. The NHS gets enough money but they waste on management and EDI. The NHS needs to be held to account.

Not surprised that’s what happens when you get outside cleaners

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I wonder where the £2bn in NHD funding goes? It certainly doesn't go towards looking after patients.

And she can blame the Tory's and nobody else.

Awful for the man and his family, But the most terrible bit of partisan journalism from Sky News.

Imagine having a shower every day ready for an operation and bloody dressings and full commodes were still in the shower room for over 24hrs. When reported on the ward- no action.

12 years of the Tories has been the final nail in the coffin. Don't kid yourself that Labour will fix it though.

NHS is working. Government is not

The NHS is working as best it can under terrible circumstances caused by 13 years of Tory Govt. Reversing the banks tax break would net 8bn for the NHS.

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