I have done this review on behalf of my dad who spent about five weeks at the royal due to the fact he had terminal lung cancer. the NHS go on about dying with dignity this was not so in the case of my dad. he had been in the hospital about a week when i had to get in touch with his lung nurse to get his care sorted out. On one visit to him he had been put in a corner bed,he was dirty, smelly and there was blood all over his bedding, he was distressed and I felt uncared for and forgotten.We could never find a doctor who would sit us down and explain to us about dads cancer, we were told they had told dad bearing in mind dads cancer had spread to his brain he was not able to understand what they were saying. My family and I feel disgusted with our dads care at the royal we feel that because he was old and dying he was forgotten. He has since passed away at St Marys Hospital Melton Mowbray with dignity.
"dying with no dignity"
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