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Nov 2022
Health chiefs at maternity units in Nottingham are dealing with a backlog of 61 ‘serious incident’ investigations dating back to 2019. The term is used to describe unintended or unexpected events that could cause patients harm and the news comes as a review team led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden examines dozens of baby…
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Nov 2022
A hospital trust has been fined £200,000 for exposing four babies to “serious risk” of harm. Sheffield Magistrate’s Court heard that staff at Rotherham Hospital failed to detect non-accidental injuries during admissions and District Judge Naomi Redhouse criticised failures in the hospital’s processes and systems. The Care Quality Commission had earlier highlighted problems…
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Nov 2022
Researchers have discovered more about the mysterious role of epigenetics, the study of how genes change, in controlling the way cancers develop. Research from the Institute of Cancer Research suggests it could alter the way cancer is detected and treated, and could lead to new forms of tests for the disease which would help…
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Nov 2022
New analysis shows that over seven in ten NHS trusts did not see patients who were urgently referred for suspected cancer within the two week target. The analysis fond that 84 out of 117 trusts in England for whom there was complete data from August 2019 to August 2022 did not meet the target…
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Oct 2022
The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark is the new marking requirement that must be used on goods placed on the market in Great Britain to confirm that they are compliant with UK legislation. As a result of Brexit, the UKCA mark will replace the existing Conformitè Europëenne (CE) marking which was introduced by the EU…
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Oct 2022
Over 160 members of staff have contacted a review team which is examining failings at maternity units run by a Nottingham hospital trust. The review, which was opened last month by Donna Ockenden who previously led an inquiry into the maternity scandal at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, will examine how dozens of babies…
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