Patients Association: George Robertshaw - Telegraph He died that afternoon. As family members were unaware of his true condition, none were there. One of his children wrote: "Had the seriousness of my father's condition been correctly diagnosed by a doctor on his arrival and admittance to the hospital, the outcome may well have been different. As it was, he was wrongly sent home, and nobody at the hospital was prepared to re-admit this seriously ill, 104 year old man. As of consequence, he died in his own home alone, under what conditions we will never know. My father was a strong independent person who served his country when it needed him, and yet the very systems he fought for, let him down when he needed them most. He deserved better. A spokesman for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust said: "Mr Robertshaw's story is extremely sad and we offer our condolences to his family. We are disappointed and sorry they feel that Mr Robertshaw and the family were unsupported and that they perceive this was a poor discharge, which no‐one was prepared to remedy. This is not the image of our services that we are proud to read.