As Britain slides ever more towards run down, third world status, a report from the Care Quality Commission has uncovered horrifying details of our elderly neglected in one fifth of our hospitals.
* Inspectors saw frail patients rattling their bedrails or banging on water jugs to try to attract the attention of staff
* Care so poor in 20 hospitals that patients denied 'the basics in life' - eating drinking and going to the toilet
* Inspection boss: 'some examples truly appalling and truly shocking'
* Medical staff 'putting paperwork over people'
* Nurses ignore orders to give drips to dehydrated patient
That's the bullet points from the Mail story - read the full story here in the Daily Mail
That such conditions can exist in twenty first century Britain is abhorrent, any sane Brit would be disgusted and ashamed at the depths to which our nation is declining.
Such things existing in our nation disgrace us all, the people of Britain deserve far better.
There cannot be a clearer sign that the politicians, those elected to represent us, have failed us utterly.
We must change this, all that is decent and humane demands that we do.
