Scotland’s 1980s “Trainspotting generation” has driven drug-related hospital admissions to a record high while illnesses linked to long-term alcohol abuse are also on the rise, official figures show. Hospital stays
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One of the biggest NHS trusts in the country has been placed in special measures after inspectors deemed it “inadequate”. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
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Ten people who had the “misfortune” of being in hospital when killer nurse Victorino Chua was at large died from unrelated causes, inquests have heard. Chua, 49, was jailed for
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Broadmoor high security hospital has been rated inadequate by a watchdog with concerns raised about patients being physically restrained too often. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission said they did
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Seriously and terminally ill patients are suffering from a lack of around-the-clock expertise and staff with compassion fatigue, some of Britain’s top medical professionals have told an influential Parliamentary committee.
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Nursing shifts of 12 hours or more are linked to heightened risk of burnout and job dissatisfaction, according to an international study of more than 31,000 hospital nurses. A survey
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A new care monitoring service which uses sound and motion sensitive camera equipment to trigger alerts of any unusual activity has been launched to protect vulnerable people, such as the
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A radical shake-up of the way ambulances respond to 999 calls in Wales has been announced. Under the new scheme, only life-threatening incidents will be subjected to an eight-minute response
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Patients have provided “thousands of shocking stories” about being discharged from hospital without the right care and support. Healthwatch England said its report has uncovered a “number of common basic
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People whose friend or relative died in a hospital have rated their end of life care “significantly lower” than those whose loved ones died in a hospice, care home or
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