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Apr 2015
MPs say that a national body should be established immediately to investigate medical accidents because of the current scale of the problems within the NHS. The House of Commons Public Administration select committee said that the current safety system for patients “took too long” and was “too complicated”. Following release of the Morecambe Bay hospital…
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Mar 2015
Researchers have found that repeated courses of antibiotics puts people at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. A study by The European Journal of Endocrinology traced prescriptions of antibiotics given to a million patients in the UK, and looked at how many prescriptions had been given to just over 200,000 patients with both…
24
Mar 2015
At a recent BMA consultants conference, committee chair Paul Flynn urged consultants to focus against the ‘very real’ threat of unfavourable changes to their working lives and contracts. Dr Flynn added that he still thought that a successful negotiation on a national contract would bring about the best outcome. Dr Flynn said “Negotiations stalled in…
24
Mar 2015
An investigation by the BBC has found that some healthcare assistants are working without proper supervision or training, and thereby putting patients ‘at risk’. Junior staff are being asked to insert IV drips and take blood samples, and hospital support workers say that they have been left on wards alone with up to 40 patients.…
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Mar 2015
A report has been published today by the consumer group Which?, about how complaints are handled in the public sector. The report, which was welcomed by the Care Quality Commission, projects that more than five million people had a poor experience with a public service last year without complaining. The report went on to ask…
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Mar 2015
House of Commons committee chairwoman Margaret Hodge has said that the decision to allow Circle to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire has left taxpayers “exposed”. Circle pulled out of running the hospital in January, after taking control of Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust in February 2012. It cited funding cuts and “unprecedented” A&E attendance increases.…
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