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Continuing Care on the NHS in the UK. Must we pay??


Question: My mother aged 86 is in an EMI Care Home but lately her health has deteriorated. The current EMI care home wish to give her notice as her health is poor enough to warrant nursing care that they cannot give. They have told me that if she is currently self-funding, she simply has to pay in the proposed new nursing care environment, no question. I think that is absolutely wrong. My mother has multi-infarct dementia, is doubly incontinent, very poor chest and respiration function, covered in sores and bruising due to a high steroid intake, has high BP, unable to communicate and may pass away at any moment seeing the poor shape she is in. She has been assessed for NHS nursing care and I await the results. I have asked for her to go into continued NHS care but I am told that I will simple have to pay although the NHS may may a nursing contribution. I think she deserves better having worked all her life. The state wants her money but is she had none, they would have to care anyway.
Answers: On 18th May--a UK court passed a judgement that said that the NHS would have to pay the patients for their treatment even if they go private.You can checkout one company that arranges medical treatment in INdia for UK patients at low costs.they are called the Forerunners Healthcare.Or if you want--you can email back to me--i will send you th copy of the UK court judgement--may be you can use it for your benefit.

she should be bloody well better looked after - they can find money for a stupid war nobody wants


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