22
Dec 2020
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
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
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
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,…
18
Dec 2020
If you’re charged with drink-driving, there may be ‘special reasons’ why it would be unfair on you to receive the full wrath of the law. There is no legal definition of ‘special reasons’, however, the ‘special reason’ must: Be an extenuating or mitigating circumstance; Not amount to a defence in law; Be directly connected with…
15
Dec 2020
In the wake of a string of hospital scandals, Jeremy Hunt has called for a national inquiry into maternity safety across the NHS. The former foreign secretary said the issue of hospitals chasing a “normal birth” ideology and waiting too long to perform caesarean sections was a “hotly debated topic” and a further reason for…
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