Thread by @ILOVETINY

A 🧵 OF NHS SCANDALS....

1. This is a long list, so let's start with some of the Covid-related scandals - like spending £569m on 20,900 ventilators, most of which were never used
dumptheguardian.com/world/2020/sep…

2. And, the leaked documents revealing some early pandemic NHS practices - 1 of which was discharging 30,000 patients, many untested or with Covid, into care homes & the community
thetimes.co.uk/article/critic…

3. Another was a triage tool, commissioned by Chris Whitty, giving those requiring ICU treatment a score based on age, frailty & health. Anyone over 80 or scoring 8+ didn't meet the criteria
thetimes.co.uk/article/critic…

4. Although it was withdrawn, a document advising paramedics to seek senior approval before taking care home residents or anyone with a DNR notice to hospital was also leaked
thetimes.co.uk/article/critic…

5. Speaking of DNR notices...
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/2…

6. Hospitals have admitted patients for non-Covid illnesses without testing them first
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/1…

7. Which might have something to do with the number of patients contracting Covid in hospital
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/0…

8. Patients like Maureen Paterson, who died alone & in pain on a mattress on the floor
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

9. If Maureen's suffering was an isolated incident brought on by the pandemic, it'd be something, but the truth, sadly, is very different - in 2012, 29% of all deaths in NHS care occurred on the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

10. The pathway adopted an 'industrialised approach' to end-of-life care, which involved withholding food & fluids from dying patients
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3…

11. Elderly patients also suffer under the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, which gives member states targets for reducing death rates for illnesses such as diabetes & dementia
telegraph.co.uk/news/health/el…

12. So much for protecting the elderly, huh? We're protecting the vulnerable though, aren't we?
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

13. What about the vulnerable patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital in Belfast? As CCTV footage shows 1500 incidences of physical & mental abuse on a single ward, I'm thinking not
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

14. To date, a police investigation has resulted in 14 arrests
irishnews.com/news/northerni…

15. Hopefully, justice will be swift for these victims - unlike the 456 elderly victims who had their lives shortened through 'medically unjustified administration of opioids' at Gosport War Memorial Hospital from 1989-2000
itv.com/news/meridian/…

16. 'Gosport Independent Panel' website, if anyone is interested...
gosportpanel.independent.gov.uk/panel-report/

17. At Stafford Hospital, up until 2008, hundreds of patients died needlessly due to "appalling levels of care"
bbc.co.uk/news/health-21…

18. Just a few of the victims...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

19. Here's David Nicholson, a former Communist & the NHS chief in charge of the Mid-Staffordshire Trust managing Stafford Hospital, with his young, fast-tracked wife
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

20. He retired from his position, but as soon as the news cycle moved on, the NHS appointed him as Chairman of a different trust:
bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/16223540.…

21. Oh, & that young, fast-tracked wife?
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

22. If you think she was spending a lot - it's nothing compared to the amount spent by the NHS on outsourcing mental health care to private firms, especially when most of it goes on pay rises, like this £400k one given to the Cygnet chief exec...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…

23. If you're not familiar with Cygnet...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

24. You, through the tax system, paid for this firm to care for vulnerable patients such as Claire Greaves...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

25. And the patients at Whorlton Hall in County Durham, which you may have seen on Panorama...
bbc.co.uk/news/health-48…

26. To be fair, the NHS are abysmal at treating mental health in-house, so I don't know what to tell you. Telling people who are struggling through lockdown they're 'selfish' might help...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

27. Or letting the people who think giving children experimental puberty blockers is bad know that they're bigots
bbc.co.uk/news/health-55…

28. And, of course, reminding everyone not wearing a mask that they're 'killing people's grannies' - much like the NHS doctor Harold Shipman, who murdered 200+ over a span of decades before the NHS even noticed...
telegraph.co.uk/news/0/did-tak…

29. In fact, the NHS has employed a few 'granny killers' over the years, like Colin Norris:
telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/15…

30. And, Benjamin Geen...
murderpedia.org/male.G/g/geen-…

31. Although he didn't actually kill anyone himself, Victorino Chua deliberately tampered with saline solutions that were then administered by other nurses, so I think he still qualifies here...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

32. He also qualified for help towards his legal expenses & was given more in Legal Aid than the loved ones of his victims received as compensation
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

33. Don't worry, all you Diversity Dickheads out there, the NHS employs female psychopaths, too. Maternity nurse Lucy Letby is currently awaiting trial for the murder of 8 babies & the attempted murder of 10 others
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

34. And, of course, the original 'Angel of Death' - Beverley Allitt, who murdered 4 babies & left several others severely brain damaged
murderpedia.org/female.A/a/all…

35. She was even given the Covid-19 vaccination before 1 of them...
grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/uk-world-…

36. This happened because, despite what the labotomised Left say, the NHS is a business & some lives are literally worth less to it. Welcome to the 'NHS Postcode Lottery,' boys & girls:
dumptheguardian.com/society/2000/n…

37. End-of-life palliative care is only publically funded up to the point where it's considered 'not worth the cost':
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/h…

38. People often lose everything they own paying for what the NHS won't:
express.co.uk/news/uk/110460…

39. And, despite dishing out pensions to Trust managers like there's a prize for it, the NHS is pretty frugal when it comes to paying for things like dementia care...
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/2…

40. Psychiatric care...
bbc.co.uk/news/health-412

41. Life-saving diabetes treatments...
express.co.uk/news/uk/994343…

42. And, flu vaccinations...
thetimes.co.uk/article/flu-va…

43. Even paediatric healthcare isn't off-limits...
independent.co.uk/news/health/dy…

44. Whether it be sepsis...
thetimes.co.uk/article/child-…

45. Or childhood cancer...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

46. Not being entitled to certain treatments may well have been a blessing for some, however, when you consider the NHS let actual nonces freely roam the children's wards:
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-280214…

47. And, employed butchers who performed botched & unnecessary breast surgery on hundreds of women:
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

48. As the butcher was carted off to prison, the NHS were sneaking his boss out the back door with a £2.7m pension, but let's not worry about the hypocrisy of this, eh?
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…

49. All of these scandals pale in comparison to the last 4. First, the contaminated blood scandal, in which almost 30,000 people were infected with HIV & Hepatitis from contaminated blood products in the 70s & 80s...
bbc.co.uk/news/health-48…

50. The blood, imported by the NHS from US pharmaceutical companies, was taken from drug addicts, prostitutes & the homeless, who were given cash incentives to donate & also from clinics set up in Haitian slums:
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3…

51. 'Infected Blood Inquiry' website, if anyone is interested:
infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk

52. The Bristol Heart Scandal - between 1990 & 1995, 35 babies died & dozens were left severely brain damaged following open-heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary:
telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ne…

53. An inquiry found surgeons were performing an experimental procedure, had a lax approach to safety & would mislead parents regarding success rates. The BBC have a highly informative section of their website dedicated to the scandal & subsequent inquiry:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/…

54. This inquiry led to the discovery of another tragedy - over the course of several decades, the hospital had retained the hearts of 170 children without parental consent. A nationwide investigation into this practice ensued:
telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/13…

55. The practice, it turns out, had been commonplace since the 70s & 100,000+ organs in 210 NHS trusts were harvested & retained without parental consent, with Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool being the worst culprit:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/11…

56. Among the harvested organs from dead children were 23,900 brains, 9,400 hearts, 6,900 lungs, & also 400+ foetuses from still births & abortions:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/1136723.s…

57. Thousands of families had their children's organs returned to them, many of them choosing to hold funerals. Several had to hold more than 1, as organs were returned gradually:
liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

58. In 2008, a grieving father whose newborn son died from a treatable infection at Furness General Hospital began campaigning for an inquiry. In 2013, 1 was finally held - it concluded that 11 babies & 1 mother had died there due to improper care:
telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ne…

59. Currently, an investigation into 1800+ cases of death or harm in maternity units at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital Trust is being conducted:
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

60. A criminal investigation is also ongoing:
independent.co.uk/news/health/sh…

61. Criticism of the NHS has never been looked upon favourably, but it's worse to do so now more than ever. Recently, @iealondon published a report by @K_Niemietz, which was somewhat critical of the NHS & the adulation receives. It's worth reading, imo:
iea.org.uk/publications/v…

62. It has, however, gone down like a cup of cold sick with the practically-socialist left-wing media, such as The Guardian:
dumptheguardian.com/politics/2021/…

63. And, The Independent:
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

64. It has also drawn the ridiculous outrage of the definitely-socialist Labour Party. Deputy Leader, @AngelaRayner, has even written a 'look-at-me' open letter to Matt Hancock about it:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AngelaRayner/status/1359127664704057347

65. Which is pretty ironic, considering the zero fucks her party have given about the NHS in the past:
telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ne…

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