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Sep 2021
According to an inspection report, a culture of racial discrimination and bullying has been found at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) Trust, with many staff too frightened to speak up. NUH said it was working to address the concerns. The report said a number of the bullying cases were directly attributable to racial discrimination,…
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Sep 2021
It has been revealed that a further two women died of cervical cancer after being wrongly excluded from Scotland’s cervical screening programme. The Scottish government said it was suspected that one developed cancer as a result of her exclusion and in the other case, incorrect exclusion was said to be among several factors that…
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Sep 2021
It has been revealed that a surgical clip was left under a patient’s skin following a surgical procedure on their brain. The event happened at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, in July, and was recorded as a “never event”, which is defined as serious but preventable. The trust has said the patient involved…
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Sep 2021
A Norfolk GP surgery has been placed in special measures after inspectors found a range of issues putting patients at risk. Church Hill Surgery in Pulham Market was rated inadequate following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission in July. Dr Rosie Benneyworth, chief inspector, said special measures would give patients “reassurance that…
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Sep 2021
Latest figures from NHS England show that patients needing ambulances for life-threatening calls are often waiting longer than they should. The figures revealed that the average response time in August was around eight and a half minutes – the target for urgent calls is seven minutes. Data also reveals the number of patients…
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Sep 2021
A charity has warned that the number of clinical nurse specialists in Northern Ireland needs to almost double if it is to meet a proposal to pair cancer patients with their own nurse. Macmillan Cancer Support said the workforce is in crisis across the UK due to Covid-19. A spokesperson from the Department…
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