Ideas For A Better NHS

March 14, 2010 at 10:30 am

Well to start with, we can reject the depressingly unhelpful and unconstructive attitude on display from this Dutch Nurses’ Union:

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.

The union [NU’91] said in a statement Thursday that the campaign follows a complaint it had received in the last week from a 24-year-old woman who said a 42-year-old disabled man asked her to provide sexual services as part of his care at home.

The young woman witnessed some of the man’s other nurses offering him sexual gratification, the union said. When she refused to do the same, he tried to dismiss her on the grounds that she was unfit to provide care.

“This type of action is not part of the job responsibilities of carers and nurses,” NU’91 said.

Unions, eh? Disgracefully standing in the way of proper patient services. TheEye is due for an operation next month…and a full report on any nurse after-care may or may not follow that.