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    mavrick wrote:
    louderfasterlonger wrote:
    This is all too common, and is what is termed the healthcare lottery. Continuing NHS Support is a right of every individual, however each person is assessed with the view of NOT continuing to support the patient.
    It is a National Scandal !
    The NHS was the jewel in the British crown however as usual the money makers got in charge. there should be a national revolution to protect the NHS, The goverment has already caused division in the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales. Any politician who thinks they can get away with privatising the NHS should feel the wrath of the electorate.
    As for the quality of care in east lancs I think it is fair to say it has declined rapidly. I think it speaks volumes when on entry into the hospital you are asked do you wish to be resucitated if things go wrong. quite worrying I think. I do hope people who have been wrongly charged do get their money back.
    Let us all remember this is our NHS and is not for sale.
    mavrick said:Let us all remember this is our NHS and is not for sale.

    Mr Brown the clown and unfair Blair are the two who did what seem's like un-repairable damage to our precious N.H.S. and the fact that we are now in the age of Cameronism and in this period we will see the N.H.S crumble to basically nothing. And that's when more and much bigger private hospitals will appear to take up the slack from the crumbling N.H.S. for those who can pay. Am affraid for those who can't they will be left to suffer or commit suicide. We are rapidly following in the footsteps of American's.

    And on that i can state that in America people are now being arrested finger printed and their D.N.A filed for simply not having bell's on their bicycle's.They are hurtling toward's a state of marshall law and we are following their lead. Unfortunately MAVRICK'S idea of a revolution as passed people are affraid to protest.Remember the hefty sentencing from last summer's riot's? I think by the 27/05/2012 the first lot of sheep shearing to start.. You have been warned. If you are hell bent on protesting against the demise of the N.H.S a government Leading neuroscientists believe that the UK Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons.

    A high-level group of experts has asked the Government to clarify its position on whether it intends to develop “incapacitating chemical agents” for a range of domestic uses that go beyond the limited use of chemical irritants such as CS gas for riot control.

    The Royal Society working group says the Government shifted its position to allow the development of more severe chemical agents, such as the type of potentially dangerous nerve gases used by Russian security forces to end hostage sieges.The experts were commissioned by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences, to investigate new developments in neuroscience that could be of use to the military. They concluded that the Government may be preparing to exploit a loophole in the Chemical Weapons Convention allowing the use of incapacitating chemical agents for domestic law enforcement. The 1993 convention bans the development, stockpiling and use of nerve agents and other toxic chemicals by the military but there is an exemption for certain chemical agents that could be used for “peaceful” domestic purposes such as policing and riot control. Sheep shearing folk's sheep shearing. All the evidence and warning's are there.You only have to open your eye's and you will find it."
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Haslingden dementia patient was overcharged by £90,000

8:00am Monday 16th April 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Peter Magill , Chief reporter

A DEMENTIA sufferer at an East Lancashire care home was overcharged by more than £90,000 over five years by NHS bosses for her care.

Great-grandmother Ada Whittaker, who lived at Turfcote nursing home in Helmshore Road, Haslingden, lived in a state of confusion and agitation which required constant care.

But she was made to pay an average of £1,900 per month by East Lancashire Primary Care Trust (ELPCT) for the service, which continued until her death, aged 89, in March 2009.

Her family has now successfully contested the overpayment and seen the fees reimbursed to her estate.

And lawyers are now warning the families of people who may have been incorrectly billed that they must act quickly - or face losing out on their entitlements.

NHS bosses have imposed a September deadline for compensation claims, which will provide payouts dating back to April 2004.

Her son-in-law John Morgan said: “The only reason my mother-in-law was in a nursing home was because she was very ill and required 24-hour nursing care.”

Mrs Whittaker, a widow, had lived at the home since 2001, but had lived earlier in Hud Hey and Blackburn Road, in Haslingden.

She worked a number of years as a confectioner and was a member of St James’ Parish Church in the town, where she was a former treasurer of the Mothers’ Union.

Lisa Morgan, of Hugh James Solicitors, which took on her case, said: “Families like Mrs Whittaker’s need to be aware of this deadline. It is important that they take steps now so that they don’t miss out.”

Mrs Whittaker’s family had initially been told that because of her capital and savings, she would have to meet the care home fees.

But solicitors established that the widow, who was also diabetic, qualified for ‘continuing healthcare’ and the charges should have been waived.

A spokesman for ELPCT said the organisation could not comment on individual cases, for confidentiality reasons, but followed a national NHS framework for continuing healthcare.

She added: “The framework recognises that occasionally there may be instances where cases should be re-visited to establish if the original decision was correct or not.

“In these cases the patient or their representative has the right to contest the PCT’s decision.

“If it is found that continuing healthcare should have been awarded then the patient or family will be reimbursed for the fees they have incurred.”

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