Postcode lottery for cancer patients
The National Audit Office has released a report that highlights significant differences in the standard of cancer care across the country. In some areas […]
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Ambulance service leaves patients waiting
Hundreds of patients have missed important appointments because their non-emergency ambulance failed to arrive. Sussex non-emergency transport service was privatised earlier this month, and […]
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Hospital failings lead to stillbirth
Sam Reid and her partner Dale Jones’ son was stillborn following a series of failings by Pontefract Hospital. Ms Reid had a normal labour […]
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Hospital found guilty of negligence following the death of a gastric band patient
In September 2014, 48-year-old Nadim Butt died following gastric band surgery due to the poor standard of care following his procedure. North Staffordshire Coroner’s […]
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Postcode lottery for mothers-to-be
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have warned that there is a concerning variation in the standards of care that women are receiving […]
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End of life care in NHS Hospitals not good enough
A report by The Royal College of Physicians found that only 16 out of the 142 hospitals in England offer face-to-face palliative care specialists […]
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Negligent doctor cleared by tribunal to continue to practice
A hospital doctor who gave a patient a vasectomy by accident has been allowed to continue to practice by a medical tribunal panel. The […]
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Defective flu jab lead to spike in deaths in 2015
The flu vaccine given to millions of people in the UK last winter has contributed to the biggest spike in deaths since the 1960s, […]
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Cosmetic dental procedure damaging oral health
Oral health is being damaged by beauticians offering teeth whitening, and selling illegal whitening kits. Using dangerously concentrated chemicals to whiten people’s teeth, beauticians […]
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A&E At Crisis Point, Putting Patients At Risk, Says Top Doctor
Dr Cliff Mann, Britain’s most senior A&E doctor and President of the College of Emergency Medicine, told The Daily Telegraph that casualty departments are […]
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Another Child Dies Following Failing By 111 Staff
Chelmsford Coroner’s court heard how seven-year-old Malaika was misdiagnosed with stomach bug, gastroenteritis, just a day before she died of sepsis from a burst […]
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Rises in dental costs expected this year and next
Over the next two years the cost of NHS dental treatment will rise by 10%, meaning a routine appointment will cost more than £20. […]
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