A WOMAN who was compelled to dwell in a hospital mattress for 18 months regardless of being medically match to depart has been arrested and evicted to a care residence.
The NHS took expensive authorized motion in opposition to Jessie, 35, who was first admitted to Northampton Normal Hospital on April 14 2023 needing remedy for cellulitis.
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After a month of remedy, she was able to be discharged however there was nowhere for Jessie to go.
She was unable to return to her former nursing residence because it was not in a position to accommodate her wants.
After recovering from the intense pores and skin an infection, she spent 550 days in a chaotic six-bed ward, with solely the curtains for privateness.
All of Jessie’s possessions have been saved in containers that surrounded her hospital mattress.
With simply her assortment of dolls for consolation, Jessie stated that her psychological well being quickly deteriorated throughout her enforced hospital keep.
Preserving a video diary of her expertise, she stated: “I really feel very offended, upset, nugatory, and like my psychological well being and my life doesn’t matter.”
Jessie, who has been identified with an emotionally unstable persona dysfunction, makes use of a wheelchair and desires assist with all her private care.
In keeping with the BBC’s report, Jessie “finds life troublesome and could be difficult to these attempting to assist her.”
When she will get confused she self-harms and threatens violence in opposition to others.
Finally, the NHS took expensive Excessive Court docket motion in opposition to her, to have her evicted from the hospital mattress she was dwelling in.
Following her arrest, she was taken to a brand new care residence, the place she says she feels anxious.
Her story is a transparent instance of the pressures on the care system and the knock-on impact it has on the NHS.
The Division of Well being and Social Care has advised the BBC: “It is a troubling case which reveals how our damaged NHS discharge system is failing susceptible individuals.”
The hospital advised the publication that it was “not the most effective surroundings for sufferers who usually are not in want of acute medical care”.
North Northamptonshire Council, liable for her housing and care, stated it was unable to remark on account of an ongoing police investigation into Jessie’s behaviour.
She has been accused of sending offensive emails earlier than her eviction.
In keeping with authorized paperwork, the council investigated almost 120 care locations, however just one care residence was provided – a supported dwelling flat in a close-by city.
The assisted dwelling facility solely has two care workers initially current for twenty-four hours a day.
Jessie stated that her compelled transfer has left her feeling “suicidal” and introduced again troublesome recollections for her.
Jessie is the fourth individual to be taken to courtroom by the NHS since 2006.
In January 2025 it was revealed that just about 13,000 of the UK’s 100,000 hospital beds have been occupied by sufferers who did not want medical care.
A scarcity of social care obtainable of their properties or a scarcity of locations in care properties have been the principle causes that affected person discharges have been delayed by per week or extra.
The Solar has contacted Northampton Normal Hospital and North Northamptonshire Council, for remark.
