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Jul 2016
According to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, patients with suspected sepsis must be given the same level of priority as heart attack patients, and the watchdog has urged health practitioners to consider the possibility of sepsis with any patient presenting with infections. Sepsis is caused when the immune system overreacts to infection,…
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Jul 2016
Data released by NHS England has shown that targets for life-or-death 999 calls have been missed by ambulances for a year. Calls categorized as Red 1 (patients who are not breathing or suffering from a cardiac arrest) are meant to be responded to by ambulance crews within eight minutes, but the data has shown that…
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Jul 2016
NHS England has ordered three major heart units, in Manchester, London and Leicester, to stop providing complex surgery on patients with congenital heart problems by April 2017. Last year the body set up a list of minimum standards to be met by hospitals to ensure patients received high quality care, including surgeons working in teams…
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Jul 2016
Experts have predicted that the current shortage of nurses in the UK is set to continue for years and could get worse. The warnings have come about after a report in early 2016 on the nursing workforce by the Institute for Employment Studies for the Migration Advisory Committee. Key indicators have been identified as ageing…
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Jun 2016
Following the UK’s decision to exit the European Union, it is unlikely that this decision will impact significantly on the United Kingdom’s approach to health and safety. The UK has a gold standard of health and safety and is one of the safest places to work in the world. The history of health and safety…
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Jun 2016
Supermarket chain giant, Aldi, has been fined £100,000 for its first ever health and safety conviction. Contractor, Wilkinson Maintenance, was also fined after an un-secured smoking shelter was blown by the wind and an employee was subsequently injured. An employee was taking a cigarette break outside Aldi’s Distribution Centre in Faverdale when a gust of…
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