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I understand all of that, and empathise. My mum had a similar experience some 20 years ago relating to a routine gall bladder operation that went wrong, with 4 further operations to follow, a 6 month stay in hospital, and almost death. The care was horrendous then (i could literally write out pages and pages of failings relating to this matter), which also included contracting MRSA twice, and an operation that had a 50/50 survival rate, where we the family were left in a waiting room for 9 hours without any word, fearing the worst, but the op had finished after 4 hours and no one bothered to tell us. My Mum, was a midwife for 20 years before that experience, and the shocking thing is, she wasnt surprised. My mum is now elderly, has numerous health problems, was a midwife for over 20 years (her place of work was in a hospital), and due to her experiences as a patient in petrified now of hospitals.

As a family, we have since had 2 other instances of terrible care.

Appreciate others receive excellent care, but our experience on the 3 times our family has needed care has been horrendous. I now pay for private care, my wife gets private care through her employer.

I suppose my point is, present demands doesn't account for the terrible provision of care that has existed now for decades. I'm sure present demands exacerbate those though.

Again though, I will say that I understand others experiences will be positive. I also support that there should be an NHS, but care wise, it needs a massive overhaul.