05
Dec 2014
A new report by the General Medical Council has found that junior doctors still lack the confidence to whistle-blow on patient safety concerns, with nearly one in 10 experiencing bullying in the workplace. The survey of 50,000 trainee doctors saw a considerable decline in the amount of raised patient safety concerns (0.8 per cent compared…
02
Dec 2014
Health think tank the King’s Fund has said that £2bn should be provided to NHS England next year. The call for extra money has come at a time when the deficit is increasing and performance is deteriorating, with targets being breached for cancer treatment, hospital operations and accident and emergency waiting times. In the last…
28
Nov 2014
It has been reported that the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is the third worst Trust in the country for complaints filed against it. The Trust includes Pontefract, Pinderfields and Dewsbury hospitals. More than 1,400 people filed a complaint against the Trust. 67 complaints were referred to the Ombudsman, 15 of which were investigated and…
26
Nov 2014
The Patients Association has condemned the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), an independent watchdog which has been set up to handle patients’ complaints to the NHS, saying that patients are wasting their time. The role of the PHSO is to investigate complaints over poor service and unfair treatment that patients have received from the NHS…
21
Nov 2014
An October 2014 report by the Care Quality Commission has indicated that certain Maternity Units are so short staffed that they place patients at risk. It was found that there was a frequent problem with shortages of midwives and Consultant Obstetricians and that there were cases where the ratio of midwives to patients was below…
21
Nov 2014
A Care Quality Commission report has warned that a number of accident & emergency units and maternity units have such a shortage of staff that patients are being put at risk of danger. The report also found that care in many hospitals is still inadequate, despite the previous Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust scandal. CQC…
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