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Royal London Hospital warned over security at its maternity unit

By The Press Association15th December 2016News England

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

Medicine system shake-up will improve patient access to treatments, Robison

By The Press Association15th December 2016News Scotland

More patients with rare or terminal illnesses will get the drugs they need on the NHS as a result of changes to the way new medicines are approved, Health Secretary

Damning review finds system-wide failures in how NHS investigates patient deaths

By The Press Association13th December 2016News England

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

NHS chief says social care should be ‘front of the queue’ for spare cash

By The Press Association13th December 2016News England

Social care should be “front of the queue” for an injection of cash from the Government, the head of the NHS in England has said. Simon Stevens, chief executive of

NHS trusts to face new obligation to publish preventable death statistics

By The Press Association13th December 2016News England

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

NHS ‘sending English eating disorder patients to Scotland due to bed shortages’

By The Press Association12th December 2016News Scotland

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

Broadmoor psychiatric hospital told it must urgently improve

By The Press Association12th December 2016News England

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

Ambulance worker who got PTSD after exposed to fumes wins £280,000 damages

By The Press Association9th December 2016News England

An ambulance service worker who developed a psychiatric condition after she was exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning during her shift has won £279,998 High Court damages. Solo responder Diane Kennedy,

NHS manager jailed after ‘swindling’ health trust out of £250,000

By The Press Association9th December 2016News England

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

Self-harm a black hole at the heart of the NHS, warns health minister

By The Press Association7th December 2016News England

Young people who self-harm have been fundamentally let down by successive governments, a health minister has acknowledged in the Lords. Lord Prior of Brampton said the “appalling” level of self-harm

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Royal London Hospital warned over security at its maternity unit

Medicine system shake-up will improve patient access to treatments, Robison

Damning review finds system-wide failures in how NHS investigates patient deaths

NHS trusts to face new obligation to publish preventable death statistics

NHS ‘sending English eating disorder patients to Scotland due to bed shortages’

Broadmoor psychiatric hospital told it must urgently improve

Ambulance worker who got PTSD after exposed to fumes wins £280,000 damages

NHS manager jailed after ‘swindling’ health trust out of £250,000

Self-harm a black hole at the heart of the NHS, warns health minister

Net migration drops 20% to 728,000 after hitting record 906,000 in 2023

Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

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Tag: NHS

Royal London Hospital warned over security at its maternity unit

Medicine system shake-up will improve patient access to treatments, Robison

Damning review finds system-wide failures in how NHS investigates patient deaths

NHS chief says social care should be ‘front of the queue’ for spare cash

NHS trusts to face new obligation to publish preventable death statistics

NHS ‘sending English eating disorder patients to Scotland due to bed shortages’

Broadmoor psychiatric hospital told it must urgently improve

Ambulance worker who got PTSD after exposed to fumes wins £280,000 damages

NHS manager jailed after ‘swindling’ health trust out of £250,000

Self-harm a black hole at the heart of the NHS, warns health minister