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Centre opens for injured servicemen
Posted: September 18, 2013
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries Workplace Injuries
A £10.7m recovery centre has opened in North Yorkshire for men and women who have been injured or become ill during their service. The groundbreaking facility is the first of its kind in the north of England and will accompany four other recovery centres for service personnel in the UK. Based at Catterick Garrison, the […]
Read MorePatient death caused by ‘wrong gas’
Posted: September 10, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
An investigation has been launched into the death of a patient at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital after being given the ‘wrong gas’ during an operation. The investigation is being carried out by the hospital’s trust, which argues that the cause of the death is still not certain. Details concerning the death of the individual have […]
Read MoreContaminated water supply at Exeter school
Posted: September 2, 2013
Posted in: Food Poisoning Public Place Accidents School Accidents
A Carillion employee has been found guilty of producing a falsified document that provided greatly inaccurate figures concerning the level of iron present in a school’s water supply. Carillion is responsible for the infrastructure at six schools in Exeter, one being St Peter’s C of E School. St Peter’s C of E School had readings […]
Read MoreTaxi driver launches medical fund after severing woman’s leg
Posted: August 26, 2013
Posted in: Leg Injuries Road Traffic Accidents
New York taxi driver, Mohammed Fasyal Himon, has launched a medical fund after his taxi crashed into a British tourist, Sian Green (24), which severely severed her leg. Ms Green, from Leicester, has had to have her left leg amputated below the knee following the incident, and is currently trying to regain the use of […]
Read MoreMore staff to combat high death rates in Cumbria
Posted: August 20, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After hospitals across north Cumbria were continually criticised for their high death rates, they have employed an extensive number of new doctors and nurses as a result. The North Cumbria Hospitals Trust was one of the eleven trusts put on to a ‘special measures’ program following the Keogh Review last month. The review found the […]
Read MoreHealth Trust payout following death of diabetic
Posted: August 13, 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
After the family of Margaret Pitt (55) were “let down so badly” by health workers at Alexandra Hospital, an undisclosed settlement has been paid out to Mrs. Pitt’s family. The nurses working in Alexandra Hospital – part of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust – failed to monitor Mrs. Pitt’s glucose levels properly, which led to […]
Read MoreLincolnshire hospitals seek nurses from overseas
Posted: August 9, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After receiving a poor local response, the United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust (ULHT) has been urged to recruit an increasing number of their nurses from overseas. This has stemmed from a recent review carried out by NHS England’s medical director, Bruce Keogh, who put the ULHT under a special measures programme following inadequate findings. The trust […]
Read MoreHospital insists that it can cope with changes
Posted: August 3, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After administrators recommended a transfer of services from Stafford Hospital to Stoke-on-Trent – doctors insist that they will be able to cope. The Trust Special Administrators (TSA) also suggested on Wednesday that Stafford Hospital should become part of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS), after the Mid Staffordshire trust went into administration on the […]
Read MoreHospital A&E closure ‘deeply flawed’
Posted: July 23, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After Cheltenham’s accident and emergency unit suddenly closed last week, a Cotswold district councillor described the abrupt occurence as “deeply flawed”. As of August, all out-of-hours emergency cases are to go the Gloucestershire Royal – Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (GCCG) confirmed. While a GCCG spokesperson believes that this will allow “more robust” medical cover, Lib […]
Read MoreHospital inspections blamed for not being thorough enough
Posted: July 19, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After eleven trusts were put under special measures following the unveiling of their unidentified failings, it has been declared that better inspections must be carried out in England’s hospitals. The new chief inspector believes that the way in which hospitals are currently inspected is far too loose, and therefore, flawed. Prof Sir Mike Richards believes […]
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