From cancelled clinics to no social care - why disabled people are particularly impacted by the NHS crisis.
The NHS is at crisis point. For many disabled people, trips to A&E or GPs can be quite regular, but the current hospital delays and lack of staff is impacting their overall health and has made them scared."I witnessed and experienced such severe conditions I feared for my life," the 50-year-old wheelchair-user toldThis winter is the worst in NHS history. After two years of Covid-19, when people did their best to avoid hospitals, they are returning with exacerbated conditions.
She regularly needs emergency care, but remains traumatised by an incident in September when she went to A&E with Covid-19.: You can hear more from disabled patients and doctors and their particular fears about this crisis onPlus Lauren Mahon from You, Me and the Big C chats about cancer and bringing the award-winning podcast to an end.
"The staff had left a disabled adult, sick with Covid, in a room with no access to the toilet, to water, and who was now traumatised after being forcibly removed and shouted at. As well as emergency care, she says regular appointments, that many disabled people require to maintain basic good health, are being postponed while clinicians are pulled away to deal with the crisis in A&E and on wards.Earlier this month the government said the NHS would receive £250m to buy 2,500 beds in care homes, so some patients who are ready to be discharged from hospital, but need additional support, can be relocated.
Anna Morell, who uses crutches to help with her mobility and works for Disability Rights UK, regularly needs to visit her local hospital. She says she was "gobsmacked" by the lack of pastoral care when she made several visits to A&E over Christmas. "They're looking at spreadsheets. If they're not doing things on a human basis, they have no idea what needs to be done."
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