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"People with dementia that need care can't stay in their own home anymore. They've had to go to care homes. But we haven't got a care home and we're never gonna get a care home. Because there's not enough funds and the council are not going to fund care home...read more
"I had my father in law waiting for a hip operation. These days it's about 18 months. And just before his operation, he had the pre op check. And they found that he had some condition where his blood doesn't clot. And they couldn't work out what to do. So...read more
"A friend of mine was in hospital for five months, because they couldn't find anywhere she could be. She had no money to pay for [care] herself."
"I used to work on a medical intervention ward, which was mainly elderly people who’ve had falls and were waiting to go for rehab or get some social care support. And they, essentially, were bed blocking. Because there weren’t the facilities available."
"My daughter had some mental health problems a year ago. And it's very, very difficult to access mental health care in any meaningful way whatsoever. She was actually quite acute at that point and got nothing from the health service."
"We have a family friend who's been suffering with cancer for quite a long time. And their treatment’s been put on the back burner for months now because they have to prioritise coronavirus patients. Obviously you understand, but it's a really difficult thing when you're looking at somebody who's 55,...read more
"I am going to need another operation soon. And I say soon, there's the potential that the eight month wait that I was told to expect before will now double. And therefore I am not expecting really to be living the next couple of years of my life. Well, not...read more
"I have an 87 year old mum who lives on her own. She hasn't got social care, but the family looks after her. There is surely some way. We've got agencies like Age Concern and various others. But it's all on the phone or on a website. And it's very...read more
"I took my brother to hospital, and he broke his knee because of football. And I was basically his next of kin. I was talking on behalf of him because he was in real pain. He waited for so long, literally five or six hours, to be seen."
"Just getting a place in a care home is actually not easy. When you're making phone call after phone call, and people say ‘We don't have beds’ or ‘We can't give you any more care at home.’"
"I'm a mum of a 17 year old young lady who has had mental health issues. She has really struggled and to be honest, we've had to get her the support that she needed through private support. She has a private psychotherapist because we couldn't get the care that she...read more
"It's still diabolically difficult to actually have a conversation with a hospital consultant. Really, really hard."