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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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Oct 2022
A damning independent review has found that up to 45 babies might have survived if they had received better care at East Kent NHS Hospitals Trust. The review uncovered a “clear pattern” of “sub-optimal” care that led to significant harm, and added that families were ignored. The medical experts reviewed an 11-year period…
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Oct 2022
A care home, who “mixed up” elderly patients’ medicines, has been placed in special measures. The Care Quality Commission has downgraded Lyndhurst Residential Care Home in Middleton to “inadequate” following a visit in August. Inspectors noted that a care worker said staffing levels were “appalling”. The CQC first ordered the care home…
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Oct 2022
Ambulance workers at the trust said patients’ lives are being put at risk due to waiting outside hospitals “for hours on end”, adding that working conditions are “diabolical” and crews were “at the point of burn-out”. The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it was “working hard” to improve “wellbeing support”. …
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