Family members of a talented junior doctor who killed herself among crippling self-doubts and anxiety about her performance have called for action to alleviate the “crisis” of staff anxiety and
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The Skills for Health Level 2 Certificate in Care Qualification is a new qualification to support the delivery of the Care Certificate, brought to you by SFJ Awards. The qualification
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The biggest hospital in Europe has been ordered to improve security on its maternity ward after inspectors found that mothers “might leave the unit with the wrong baby”. Some babies
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There are “system-wide” problems in the way NHS investigates patient deaths which leave family members in the dark about failures in care, a damning new review has found. The review
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NHS trusts will be required to collect and publish the number of preventable deaths recorded on a hospital by hospital basis from next year, Jeremy Hunt has announced. A report
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Eating disorder patients in England are being sent to Scotland by the NHS because of bed shortages, it has been reported. Most of the patients are said to be teenagers
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Broadmoor, the psychiatric hospital that has housed some of the UK’s most notorious killers, has been told it must urgently improve. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a warning
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An NHS manager has been jailed for four years after “swindling” a health trust out of £250,000. Alan Hodge, 53, from Surrey, was “at the very heart” of the fraud
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BASW CEO Dr Ruth Allen marks national Hospital Social Work Day 2016… Some of my most formative and rewarding work experiences have been in hospital settings, specifically on mental health
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Health authorities with the best ideas for stopping potential cancer patients “bouncing between GPs and hospitals” are to be given a share of a £200 million funding pot. NHS England
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