Review Carried Out Into Death Rates At Tameside Hospital
Standards of care at the Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have been reviewed after the hospital was found to have higher than expected death rates. The review will consider any potential failings which may have led to unnecessary deaths. The review took place as part of the ongoing Keogh Review, a review of potentially underperforming hospitals established […]
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Transparency in the NHS: Basic Right or Unnecessary Invasion?
As avid followers of current affairs in the health sector will know, transparency has become a topic we’re used to seeing dominating the press amidst the Mid-Staffs scandal. The primary aim of increased transparency within healthcare is fundamentally looking to bring the NHS focus back to patient care by publishing data focusing on lives not […]
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When The Only Option Is A&E, Pressures On Emergency Departments Are Inevitable
If you’ve recently tried to make an appointment at your local doctor’s surgery, then we’re sure that the typical harassed receptionist asking you if it’s an emergency and then declaring the 2-3 week wait for an non-emergency appointment are wholly familiar. Even if you manage to secure an appointment, GP’s surgeries are so 9-5 that […]
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762 ‘Never Events’ Occurred Between 2009 and 2013, BBC Investigation Finds
762 patients at NHS hospitals were the victims of ‘never events’ between 2009 and 2013, a new BBC investigation has found. ‘Never events’ are preventable mistakes deemed so serious that they should never happen. There are 25 incidents that fall into this category, including air embolisms, misidentification of patients and severe scalding. In the BBC investigation, […]
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Lone Paramedics Left Without Ambulance Back-Up for ‘Several Hours’
Calling for an ambulance in an emergency situation is a scenario we all fear, even if the response time is little more than a few minutes. But imagine having that desperate need for medical attention and then having to wait a disproportionate amount of time for help to arrive. 10 minutes would be difficult, half […]
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NHS Trusts Not Sharing Information About Complaints Against Doctors
A number of NHS hospital trusts are neglecting to share vital information regarding complaints about doctors with other trusts and the General Medical Council, leading to doctors who make repeated mistakes slipping under the radar. According to the BBC, 13 hospital trusts had failed to inform the GMC of complaints against doctors – including some […]
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When Patient Care is at Stake, Are More Administration Assistants Too Much to Ask?
We all know that bureaucracy is a necessary evil, a dull but essential requirement that’s long since tainted the daily routines of the professionals many consider would be best channelling their efforts into more ‘hands-on’ work. Take police officers for example, would we rather have them out on the beat or chained to a desk […]
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Should Minimum Staffing Levels Be Introduced To The NHS?
The results of a survey released this week by Unison has revealed that over half of NHS nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are worried that the standards of care at their particular hospital are so bad that they may be facing a Mid-Staffordshire-esque medical negligence crisis. The survey, which questioned over 1,500 NHS frontline workers, found […]
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Meningitis Misdiagnosis in Children Continues To Have Devastating Consequences
In the field of medical negligence it is worryingly common to hear of people misdiagnosed by their GPs only to be admitted to hospital with a life-threatening condition hours later. While some illnesses are understandably difficult to detect, in many misdiagnosis cases it is almost unbelievable to learn of the tell tale signs that failed […]
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Brain-Damaged Boy Receives £7.3m in Medical Negligence Compensation
A 13 year-old boy who suffered brain damage following heart surgery as a child has received £7.3million in compensation, after his family were told they had ‘no chance of securing compensation’. As reported by the BBC, Robbie Crane was awarded the compensation in the form of an out-of-court settlement after a claiming medical negligence against […]
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- Can I Sue A Housing Management Agent?
- Review Carried Out Into Death Rates At Tameside Hospital
- Transparency in the NHS: Basic Right or Unnecessary Invasion?
- When The Only Option Is A&E, Pressures On Emergency Departments Are Inevitable
- 762 ‘Never Events’ Occurred Between 2009 and 2013, BBC Investigation Finds
- Lone Paramedics Left Without Ambulance Back-Up for ‘Several Hours’
- NHS Trusts Not Sharing Information About Complaints Against Doctors
- When Patient Care is at Stake, Are More Administration Assistants Too Much to Ask?
- Should Minimum Staffing Levels Be Introduced To The NHS?
- Meningitis Misdiagnosis in Children Continues To Have Devastating Consequences