[Edinburgh-carecampaign] Fwd: Article in Evening News - Wed. 6th Jan. '10

[Marlyn Tweedie]

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From: John Stevenson <John.Stevenson at edinburgh.gov.uk>
Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Subject: RE: [Edinburgh-carecampaign] Article in Evening News - Wed. 6th
Jan. '10
To: Marlyn Tweedie <marlyn.tweedie at googlemail.com>


 Marlyn

This is the link to the story, you just copy it into your email and people
can click on it.

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Care-homes-put-patients-at.5958785.jp

John

 John Stevenson
Children’s Practice Team Manager  (West)
Westfield House,
5 Kirk Loan,
Edinburgh EH12 7HD
0131 314 5871 (Direct)
0131 334 9933 (Switchboard)


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*From:* Marlyn Tweedie [mailto:marlyn.tweedie at googlemail.com]
*Sent:* 07 January 2010 22:29
*To:* Edinburgh-CareCampaign at lists.aktivix.org
*Subject:* [Edinburgh-carecampaign] Article in Evening News - Wed. 6th Jan.
'10

  Care Homes "put patients at risk" with feeding tube stance    This is the
title of an article in Eve. News  Wed. 6th Jan. '10

It is truly the stuff of nightmares.

It describes an accusation that care homes are closing their doors to
elderly residents who are NOT being fed by a feeding tube inserted into
their stomachs.

In other words the care homes want to admit people only people who are fed
by a tube inserted into their stomach.

According to the article, the authors of a Royal College of Physicians
report say that "although they claim to be acting in patient's interests,
the motive may be to cut costs and save on staffing"

The article didn't mention any care homes  but the idea is frightening  and
there must be some evidence for it.

Google the article if you can. It's by John Von Radowitz

If anyone can post it on this e-mail, that would be great.

Could anyone teach me how to get the article on the e-mail so that you can
just click on a website?

I need to be able to do this!



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