2020 - Chadwick Lawrence

22
Dec 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

‘Challenging workload’ means GPs declining to sign up to Covid vaccine rollout scheme

It has been reported that some GP practices in England have elected not to join the NHS’s coronavirus vaccination programme, citing difficulties with heavy workloads. GP-led sites will begin vaccinations next week after hospital sites started rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech injections earlier this week, but many practices have cited staff shortages, potential cuts to other…

22
Dec 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

NHS England divulges plans to change A&E waiting time target

NHS England have revealed plans to scrap the four-hour waiting time target for A&E patients in a critical shake-up, which is intended to reduce the amount of time spent in emergency departments. The current measure, which requires 95 per cent of patients to be seen within four hours, will be substituted with a serious of…

22
Dec 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

Thousands more doctors and midwives needed for maternity units to be deemed safe

It has emerged that the numbers of doctors employed in maternity units in England will need to be raised by a fifth in order to make wards safer for mothers and babies. NHS England has demanded hospitals take action to improve the safety of mothers and babies in the wake of the recent damning report…

22
Dec 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

Safety watchdog exposes systemic risks to patients as hospital staff say NHS guidance ‘too long to read’

NHS staff have told safety watchdog the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch that rules on how to avoid mistakenly placing a feeding tube into patients’ lungs are “too long to read”. The watchdog revealed some NHS staff had admitted not having read official guidance on how to avoid the “never event” error as part of a…

22
Dec 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

Report finds stillbirth and miscarriage risk linked to father’s health

A study has found that stillbirths and miscarriages are more likely if the child’s father suffers from health problems linked to obesity. The report discovered that over 25 per cent of pregnancies may be ectopic or result in stillbirth or miscarriage if the father-to-be has three or more conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure,…

22
Dec 2020

‘A Crisis Is A Terrible Thing to Waste’ – Paul Romer

This year demonstrated that, when companies are forced to change through necessity, rapid business transformation can occur; many employers and employees have shown a willingness and ability to innovate rapidly, adapting to the evolving landscape. Smart businesses are using the pandemic as an opportunity to ‘stop and think’, pausing to profoundly review their customer proposition,…

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‘Challenging workload’ means GPs declining to sign up to Covid vaccine rollout scheme

NHS England divulges plans to change A&E waiting time target

Thousands more doctors and midwives needed for maternity units to be deemed safe

Safety watchdog exposes systemic risks to patients as hospital staff say NHS guidance ‘too long to read’

Report finds stillbirth and miscarriage risk linked to father’s health

‘A Crisis Is A Terrible Thing to Waste’ – Paul Romer

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