A disabled man died after waiting over 34 hours for antibiotics at Bassetlaw Hospital his death was found to have been preventable independent.co.uk/news/healt… The man, who lived in supported accommodation in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, suffered from a rare incurable disorder called #Alexanderdisease, affecting the nervous system and causing developmental delays. He also had communication needs and his mum stated - I knew my son better than anyone and I was trying to help the doctors by telling them the oral antibiotic wouldn’t work and that the GP had a microbiologist’s report that said he wouldn’t respond to that drug. But they just totally dismissed me. “Their attitude was they were the doctors and I was just his mum. The @PHSOmbudsman investigation found he was given the correct IV medication more than a day after he arrived at hospital, and at half the dosage it should have been. By the time a second dose was given, which was also delayed, the man had become septic and he died a week later. The report found his disabilities meant he had difficulties communicating with staff and raising the lack of treatment…. Where was the LD nurse in all this? Had staff at this hospital completed the mandatory Oliver McGowan training @PaulaMc007 ? And when will staff take parent carers of disabled particularly mothers seriously? How many more disabled have to die ? #NHS #Disabilities #carers #misogyny @martinimarie @redpepper1011 @SarahSpoorUK @keepnhshonest @KenZeroHarm @sendagenda @sheilaoliver16 @wesstreeting

Delay repay? That’s not a delay. That’s a breach of Equality Act. £1200 minimum. Vento. I wish more people would understand disabled people’s rights.

🚨WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?! In a move that would assist covering up error & abuse, Scottish MSPs reject @murdo_fraser amendment that would have made sure families could seek a medical review if they believed an assisted suicide had occurred unlawfully. This is staggering!