Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 December 2006
Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage
2:00 am
David Norris (Independent)
It was Leas Cross, I believe, and there was no admission. In other words, they did not want to send patients from Leas Cross. Again, when one considers the phrase, "bed blockers", it precisely fits the description of people such as this old man. People describe them as bed blockers. That has ramifications whereby people do not want them admitted to hospital. It is a dreadful phrase——
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