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Dec 2015
Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has raised serious concerns over shortages of nursing staff at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and the trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ in terms of safety. The trust also received criticism over concerns about poor infection control and uncleanliness, and was given an overall rating of “requires improvement”. The…
10
Dec 2015
The NHS ombudsman has warned that three quarters of hospital investigations into patient complaints, in which avoidable injury or death has taken place, do not identify serious failings in care and families are being left in the dark. Many complainants are being met with “a wall of silence from the NHS”, partly due to often…
08
Dec 2015
The government has said that patients from outside the EU, with the exception of refugees and asylum seekers, should be charged for GP services, in addition to A&E and ambulance care, which they have already stated they intend to charge for. New rules came into force in April, which requires non-EU citizens living in the…
07
Dec 2015
A study of 46 NHS hospitals has found that those with a higher number of nurses trained overseas have poorer ratings from patients. As the number of nurses across the country has reduced, the amount recruited from overseas has increased. The number registering to work in the UK after training abroad has nearly doubled since…
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Dec 2015
A report from the NCT and Twins and Multiple Births Association, suggests that some regions in England are providing poor antenatal care to women expecting twins or triplets, thereby increasing the risk of stillbirth or disability. 1,400 parents took part in a survey, the results of which suggested that patients in the West Midlands and…
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Nov 2015
Sepsis, known as the ‘silent killer’ affects around 200,000 people each year in the UK and kills 37,000. It is the leading cause of avoidable death in the UK. The condition usually occurs when a bacterial infection brings on an extreme immune response which makes the body attack its own organs. Early signs, which are…
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