Patients ‘told to soil themselves’ in busy A&E – report

The report highlights concerns over care in the Medway Maritime A&E department (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Archive)

Bed-bound patients were told to “soil themselves” in a busy A&E department because there were not enough staff to take them to the toilet, according to a new report.

One desperate patient urinated in a bottle without any privacy curtains at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, according to the report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).