Some doctors think that elderly people past a certain age are not worth bothering about and many of the elderly have been missing out on health advice, scans, and drugs. Now ageism in the NHS is to be outlawed giving the elderly the same consideration as younger patients. Ministers have been criticised for not including the NHS and social care in the general age discrimination law due to come into force in 2012. Earlier this year a survey found almost half doctors caring for older patients believed the NHS is institutionally ageist, as many as seven out of ten specialists say the elderly are more likely to struggle to get conditions diagnosed than younger patients. Now it is to become illegal for any difference to be made on age grounds. This is good news, fairer humane consideration for the elderly as it is how we treat our elderly that shows what kind of country we are. Having NHS discrimination banned by law means that those who believe they are victims will be able to go to the courts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222077/NHS-bans-ageism-Elderly-patients-receive-attention-young.html
Considering the catalogue of mistakes made in prescription errors affecting 50 percent of pensioners in care homes, and the failure of some GP’s to monitor medication of care home residents which could be caused by many factors is something that needs to be changed for the better sooner rather than later. Please read Link below
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1217038/Potentially-fatal-prescription-errors-hit-half-care-home-residents.html
The terrible and tragic story of the 76yr old grandfather Jack Jones who beat cancer and was told the disease had returned and after misdiagnosis had his life support taken away by having his food and fluids withdrawn is a tragic example of what must not ever happen again.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1220221/ROS-COWARD-If-proof-folly-doctors-playing-God-mans-barbaric-death.html
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