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NHS - plan to pay untrained people to care for surgical patients

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Cold Wed 25-Oct-17 16:04:25

Just saw this new idea that the NHS is considering paying people £100 per night to rent rooms Air BNB- style to post surgical patients to free up beds.
www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/25/nhs-to-pilot-airbnb-type-scheme-for-patients-recovering-from-surgery

It seems like a really strange and potentially dangerous idea that people who are not well enough to return home would be left with untrained people.

durhamjen Sat 04-Nov-17 13:48:51

One good thing has come out of the CareRooms initiative - it has made us look at how we perceive women's work, and how little we value it.

theconversation.com/carerooms-initiative-is-another-assault-on-domestic-labour-86571