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Hospital Care (24th May 12 at 11:33pm UTC)
Patients in NHS hospitals will be asked whether they would want their friends or family to be treated there, with the results used to pressurise poorly-performing hospitals http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9288514/Friends-and-families-test-to-shame-poor-hospitals.html
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Re: Hospital Care (25th May 12 at 3:36pm UTC)
If you say 'no' do you come out alive?
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Re: Hospital Care (9th Dec 12 at 11:10pm UTC)
Too 'snooty' for basic tasks: MP Ann Clwyd launches scathing attack on nurses that let husband die 'like a battery hen' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245490/Too-snooty-basic-tasks-MP-Ann-Clwyd-launches-scathing-attack-nurses-let-husband-die-like-battery-hen.html#ixzz2EbD2gScL
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Re: Hospital Care (11th Dec 12 at 12:08am UTC)
Scandal-hit hospital forced to pay £1m compensation for 'inhumane and 'degrading' treatment of patients http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2245865/Scandal-hit-hospital-forced-pay-1m-compensation-inhumane-degrading-treatment-patients.html#ixzz2EhIMoYqM
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Re: Hospital Care (25th Mar 13 at 10:41pm UTC)
Nurses will spend a year on wards feeding and washing patients before they can qualify, under plans to be announced on Tuesday to ensure compassion in hospitals. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9953451/Nurses-to-train-in-basic-care-for-a-year.html
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Re: Hospital Care (27th Mar 13 at 10:51pm UTC)
Flaws in populist proposals for nurse training http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/27/flaws-populist-proposals-nurse-training
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Re: Hospital Care (30th Mar 13 at 10:55pm UTC)
Almost half of family doctors and practice nurses do not believe their local hospitals are good enough to treat their own families, a poll has found. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9962133/GPs-fear-sending-their-relations-to-hospitals.html
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Re: Hospital Care (31st Mar 13 at 10:17pm UTC)
A new day dawns for the health service http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9964434/A-new-day-dawns-for-the-health-service.html
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Re: Hospital Care (8th Apr 13 at 11:01pm UTC)
Mother barely conscious with pneumonia was treated in a cupboard because hospital was 'too full' to give her a bed http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2305682/Seriously-ill-mother-treated-unheated-NHS-store-room-surrounded-boxes-hospital-bed.html#ixzz2PupPBBO0
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Re: Hospital Care (11th Apr 13 at 9:45pm UTC)
Stafford Hospital death probed by HSE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22112198
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Re: Hospital Care (12th Apr 13 at 10:05pm UTC)
Patient dubbed 'the invisible man' by a coroner was ignored by hospital doctors for three DAYS before he died http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2307999/Elderly-patient-dubbed-invisible-man-coroner-ignored-hospital-doctors-3-DAYS-died.html
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Re: Hospital Care (16th Apr 13 at 10:43pm UTC)
15% of patients dissatisfied with level of emotional support provided in hospital http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/15-of-patients-dissatisfied-with-level-of-emotional-support-provided-in-hospital-8575054.html
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Re: Hospital Care (2nd May 13 at 10:18pm UTC)
Nearly a third of GPs who have blown the whistle on poor hospital care say no action was taken to tackle concerns, a survey has found http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10033576/GPs-attempts-to-blow-whistle-on-poor-care-go-unheard.html
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Re: Hospital Care (9th May 13 at 7:39pm UTC)
Revealed: the 750 hospital mistakes that should never have happened - including 7in forceps left inside woman for three months after surgery http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/revealed-the-750-hospital-mistakes-that-should-never-have-happened--including-7in-forceps-left-inside-woman-for-three-months-after-surgery-8609518.html
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Re: Hospital Care (11th Jun 13 at 10:55am UTC)
Dead man 'shows signs of life' in Inverness hospital Investigation launched after man in Raigmore hospital mortuary had to be declared twice after showing possible signs of life http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/11/dead-man-signs-life-inverness-hospital
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Re: Hospital Care (17th Jun 13 at 11:48am UTC)
Hospitals to be given Ofsted-style ratings 'Tough and rigorous' ratings aim to drive up standards and give patients and families better insight into quality of treatment http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/17/hopsitals-given-ofsted-style-ratings
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Re: Hospital Care (2nd Jul 13 at 9:36am UTC)
NHS 'must get tough on consultants' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23129110
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Re: Hospital Care (15th Jul 13 at 8:34am UTC)
How we can teach care and compassion Sheffield Hallam University has introduced augmented reality when teaching students clinical and non-technical skills http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2013/jul/15/augmented-reality-enhance-care-compassion
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Re: Hospital Care (25th Jul 13 at 8:14am UTC)
NHS neglect: Calls for inquiry after woman's death http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23439425
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Re: Hospital Care (30th Jul 13 at 7:57am UTC)
First 'friends and family' ratings to be published http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23489102
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