Patients wait two months to have hair washed after nurses said not their job to help the sick bathe

Patients wait two months to have hair washed after nurses said not their job to help the sick bathe Patients were forced to wait two months to have their hair washed because nurses said it was not their job to help the sick bathe or shower, a damning report says.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in south London has been ordered to make urgent improvements after watchdogs found A&E staff failing to monitor patients’ vital signs, with sick patients treated in chairs and corridors due to overcrowding.

Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) intervened after hospital staff failed to notice that a patient with blood poisoning was deteriorating badly. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Hospital made patients 'wait two months to have their hair washed' The Guardian