Blind Edith Braddow, 77, had been receiving the sanitary pads free of charge but new rules mean health staff are having to assess whether people still need them.
She was asked to take three soiled pads to her doctors to be weighed, to see if she was losing enough urine.
Ivan Braddow said he and his mother had to stand and watch as they were weighed during an incontinence test at an Ashfield Health Village, in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Mr Braddow said his mother was told she was not incontinent enough and that, due to public sector cuts, she could no longer be supplied with new ones.
A spokesperson for Notts Community Health said: "A review of the continence service took place during 2010 and changes have been made to ensure patients receive optimum clinical care.
"The aim of the service is always to return patients to continence wherever possible. Pads are only prescribed for those patients with moderate to severe incontinence.
"All patients/clients presenting with continence issues are offered a comprehensive clinical assessment, which includes reviewing existing pads to ensure adequate absorbency and comfort to the patient, as defined by National Good Practice, followed by a clear treatment plan. This is followed up by an agreed review date.
"If any patient is unhappy with any aspect of the continence service provided by Notts Community Health we are more than happy to address individual concerns."
Source: Evening Post
Sadly this article ignored the reasons why that poor lady had to go through such humiliation. The story below highlights only a fraction of the amount wasted by the NHS.
Foreign Patients cost British taxpayers 300,000 Pounds a week
As the NHS cuts more front-line jobs, it is revealed that foreign patients who fail to pay for their treatments are costing us more than £300,000 a week.
Over the last two years alone, the total figure amounts to a shocking £32 million, much, if not all, of which has already been written off.
This is in stark contrast with British nationals, who have no choice but to pay for their treatments through their taxes, and, in England, also have to pay for their prescriptions from their doctors. However, if hospitals demand payment from these foreign patients, asylum seekers and health tourists, they are accused of breaching their human rights.
This news coincides with the Government's announcement of cost-cutting measures for the NHS. It has been revealed that a minimum of 4,622 front-line jobs will have to be cut by 2015.
Hospitals who have already confirmed that they will be “shedding” front-line staff include University Hospital of North Staffordshire, who are cutting 985 staff, and East Lancashire Hospitals, who are cutting 695. Sadly, not even the children's Foundation Trust at Alder Hey escapes these cuts, as they have confirmed that they are firing 109 front-line staff.
These cuts will do nothing but place remaining staff under increased pressure to work longer hours, looking after even more patients, a mix that the British National Party predicts will end in death and unnecessary suffering for thousands.
Stopping treatment for foreign-based patients who cannot or will not pay for their treatments would immediately help alleviate the need to cut these vital and precious front-line NHS roles, and will without a doubt save the lives of future patients who currently face longer waiting lists and stretched and hard-pushed NHS staff.
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