"Undiagnosed UTI"

My elderly mum of 92 was sent from Queens Med to Lings bar for rehab as she has broken her ankle.

My mum was showing anxiety signs when she arrived and had been treated at Queens before being discharged to Lings Bar for an infection.

After a few days in Lings Bar her distress was increasing and we were told it was probably seizures due to her dementia.

They decided that she should go back to Queens and called an ambulance. The ambulance crew said it wouldn't be seizures as she was able to grip our hand and most likely could be a water infection!

I asked if this could be the case in Lings Bar and was told she didn't have an infection and anyway they were a rehab centre and not a quote "medical ward"

After arriving in A&E we were told she DID HAVE A WATER INFECTION AND THEY TREATED HER FOR THIS with antibiotics.

Mum recovered quite quickly as is back on a ward in queens Med.

It would seem to me and I know more than most because we have had the misfortune to be in and out of hospital with cancer illness etc that our NHS system cannot cope with the amount of people using it.

It would also seem that you have a 50/50 chance of being looked after as you would expect.

Signed Sad and frustrated