"Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional. Britain you chose well."Donald Berwick, President Obama's nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in 2008.
After a long wait--to long--the British government will begin an inquiry into a very nasty hospital run by its National Health Service.
From the Mirror:
PM David Cameron has bowed to demands from relatives of those who died in the care of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.Related posts:
A full public inquiry could be announced as early as Wednesday and follows a damning report which said hospital bosses put savings and targets before care. A spokesman for the Department of Health said last night: "Any announcement will be made first to Parliament." However, an independent inquiry by Robert Francis QC in February found the safety of sick and dying patients was "routinely neglected".
Others were subjected to "bullying", "inhumane treatment" and "abuse" with patients left unwashed and in pain.
Hospital inspectors concluded that between 400 and 1,200 more patients had died than was normal. The chaos and dirt on the wards had allowed lethal bugs such as MRSA and C.difficile to flourish.
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