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Horrifying Report of Patients Neglect at a British Hospital
It also detailed a severe lack of basic hygiene, with razors being used on more than one person, patients being admitted to filthy rooms where the previous occupant had suffered from diarrhoea, and others not having their teeth cleaned.
"I heard so many stories of shocking care," said inquiry chairman Robert Francis QC, a specialist in legal medical issues.
"These patients ... were people who entered Stafford Hospital and rightly expected to be well cared for and treated.
"Instead many suffered horrific experiences that will haunt them and their loved ones for the rest of their lives."
Frances said the lack of care was largely due to a chronic shortage of staff, particularly nurses.
A&E was "chronically understaffed in terms of consultants and nurses" and the NHS trust managing the hospital was found to be "disconnected" from what was actually taking place on the premises, preferring to focus on meeting waiting-time targets, the report said.
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