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Jul 2023
Over half of all serious incidents where patients came to harm involving West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) were due to clinical mistakes, with an audit finding choking management, inappropriate patient discharges and cardiac arrests as themes. It also noted a decision to close all community ambulance stations was taken without first conducting a full…
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Jul 2023
A surgical robot based at Great Western Hospital in Swindon has been used for its first procedures. The robot is intended to be used in gynaecology, urology and general surgery. It will allow surgeons to conduct surgical procedures in a less invasive way and means patients will not have to travel long distances for…
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Jul 2023
Figures released for 2022 show an absence rate (proportion of days lost) of 5.6 per cent, meaning the NHS lost the equivalent of nearly 75,000 staff members to illness during the year, higher than during the peak pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, and a 29 per cent increase on the 2019 rate. According…
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Jun 2023
An investigation has found that over a quarter of patients on antidepressants in England, around two million people, have been taking them for at least five years, despite there being limited evidence of the benefits of taking the drugs for that length of time. Over eight million people in England are currently taking antidepressants,…
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Jun 2023
A new £10m day surgery unit aimed to reduce waiting times has opened in East Yorkshire. The facility at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham includes ten operating theatres for procedures ranging from neurosurgery to facial operations, and consultants said they hope to carry out at least 80 operations a day. Dave Wright, consultant…
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Jun 2023
The Alexander Private Hospital in Chesterfield has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission, after inspectors found it was using medicines and equipment that were out of date. The watchdog also criticised cleanliness at the hospital. The report, which related to an inspection carried out earlier this year, also said staff had failed…
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