I spent ten hours accompanying a very elderly man with all his marbles, through A&E and on an observation/admission ward. While I can't fault the care in A&E the care on the ward was non-existant. Once the admission routine was run through there was no further interaction from any nursing staff for the next seven and a half hours. I had to buttonhole a health care worker to get something for him to eat as he hadn't eaten anything since his breakfast nine hours earlier. I also had to go searching for a cup so that we could both have a drink of water. Apparently no cups on the ward. I had a headache from lack of hydration by this time. Would I be unreasonable to make a complaint
