Ok ... lets look at this .. The lady was discharged home. She didnt sudenly develop dementia and was already walking with a frame. Sooo... who was looking after her before. Yes i bet it was the family now all of a sudden the family cant look after her. when she goes home. so we blame the hospital. Ok. sothere are some short cominings and I persnally would not have discharged a patient of mine at 9pm. But again we see the over the top comments made by the coroner. Why didnt he ask who looked after her before she came into hospital and why wasnt the issue raised bythe family to the nurses. Why .. well its all too familiar when you are a Nurse at Tameside. The nurses face this dilema especially on the elderly care wards on every discharge. Normally what hapens is the family come on the day of discarge and say they can no longer care for mom or dad. so they want them to stay in hospital.... Nursing home no .. how do we afford that... You knwo somthing Nurses face that everyday. Sometime the Pressure for the bed forces decisions like this. The Coroner has an axe to grind with tameside and his comments are somewhat inapprooriate. He should deal with the facts not make comments like Is there any reference to what Mr Williamson said to the nurse, like ‘don’t send my mother home, she’s an old lady, I’m miles away and I can’t get there’? Because that’s what I would have said.

"Here we have a lady who needs a Zimmer frame, who needs assistance going to the lavatory, and yet at 9.40pm it is deemed appropriate that she can be discharged alone."

Mr Pollard this lady lived their prior to discharge your question should have been who cared for her prior to discharge. If she had dementia and a zimmer then how did she manage at night. Becasue i tell you this .. the Nursing notes whould have had that evaluation in it.!! The act that the lady passed is sad. The coronor admitting that her death was likely to be ineviatble. The problem here is that we have an unfortunate occurance sensationalised by the newspapers in order to mae a story against Tameside Hospital. I am sorry if I appear hard but thses stories must stop. They serve no purpose other than to undermine the hospital and the staff. People have to realise that Tameside Hospital is a valuable asset and they way they are going with continually condeming it it will be closed. Tha would leave them with no option but to travel to Manchester or stockport to get medical attention. great hey... Now come on lets get possitive stories about the hospital. At hose who keep saying shameful and how bad the hospital is.. do somthing ossitive and volunteer to help on the wards.. then you will see what the nurse have to do each shift and the daily abuse from relatives they have to put up with.... Believe me you wouldnt last that long.

   Outrageous! Does no one care anymore in this country. Its a scandal.