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

If you say 'no' do you come out alive?

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

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

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

Flaws in populist proposals for nurse training

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/27/flaws-populist-proposals-nurse-training

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

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

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

Stafford Hospital death probed by HSE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22112198

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

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

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

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

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

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

NHS 'must get tough on consultants' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23129110

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

NHS neglect: Calls for inquiry after woman's death http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23439425

First 'friends and family' ratings to be published http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23489102

Health safety expert to reveal 'zero-harm' NHS manifesto http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23572696

Ombudsman: Patients suffer from a 'toxic cocktail' in NHS

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10238221/Ombudsman-Patients-suffer-from-a-toxic-cocktail-in-NHS.html

Dirty and unsafe’: Whipps Cross hospital told it must make urgent changes

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/dirty-and-unsafe-whipps-cross-hospital-told-it-must-make-urgent-changes-8760165.html

Why the NHS needs more graduate nurses
More highly skilled and educated nurses mean better care outcomes

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/aug/20/need-graduate-nurses-nhs

'My hospital experience scarred me – I felt abandoned and worthless'
Ten years ago Hannah Merridale, 28, suffered a collapsed lung and received appalling patient care from her GP and hospital. She remembers her shocking experience

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/21/poor-patient-care-cancer

Stafford Hospital prosecuted over Gillian Astbury death

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-23882337

The friends and family test: is there a better way to find out patients' views?
A rehab unit in the north-west is pioneering a feedback system that really listens to patients and involves them in decisions

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/sep/05/patients-views-feedback-questionnaire

NHS chief quits ahead of baby death inquiry
Mike Farrar has stepped down as NHS Confederation chief executive to work as a consultant

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-chief-quits-ahead-of-baby-death-inquiry-8807530.html

New hospital inspection regime targets poor care http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24112245

Doctors and nurses 'don't need to show compassion': Academic says staff should be able to carry out daily tasks without being kind to patients
Dr Anna Smajdor claims compassion is 'not a necessary component' of healthcare
She says medics should be able to work without being kind to patients
The standard of NHS care is currently under scrutiny after a series of damning reports
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has implied such reports are partly down to a lack of compassion among staff


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424063/Academic-claims-doctors-nurses-dont-need-compassion-patients.html#ixzz2fEWOX4L6

More failing hospitals 'likely to be found' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24142618

The number of elderly and disabled people and their loved-ones raising the alarm about their treatment has jumped by more than a quarter in a year, according to official figures.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/10356294/Surge-in-elderly-abuse-and-neglect-claims.html

Grandfather spent his final days 'begging for food and water in NHS hospital'
Daughter said Ron Jee survived without food or water for FOUR days
A spokeswoman for Basildon Hospital said doctors use their own local version of the Liverpool Care Pathway end-of-life plan
'If I did to my dog what they did to my father I would not be allowed to own a dog again,' says Christine Coleman
Family said they were forced to dab his mouth with a wet sponge to ease the 80-year-old's suffering
Complaints include concerns Mr Jee was left to sleep in faeces-stained bed
Hospital at centre of concerns over high death rates said it is carrying out a thorough investigation of Mr Jee's case


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2492333/Grandfather-spent-final-days-begging-food-water-NHS-hospital.html#ixzz2k3agT1rd

Comparing hospital data worldwide will drive up quality
Better sharing of information could avoid situations such as the 'scandalous' cost of insurance in maternity services

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/nov/20/international-data-sharing-hospitals

Islington hospital chief: patients in winter are like constipation
Some staff believe she was referring to elderly people, who are more likely – especially in the winter months – to take up more beds and stay in hospital for longer periods

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10467196/Islington-hospital-chief-patients-in-winter-are-like-constipation.html

Ban smoking on all your grounds, hospitals urged: Patients face fines for breaking rules

Staff would be banned from escorting patients outside for a cigarette
Car parks, shelters and gardens would also become smoke free
Plans a result of new guidelines by health watchdog NICE


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2514107/Ban-smoking-grounds-hospitals-urged.html#ixzz2lqPj0UX2

'I'm dying here': Shocking abuse of brain damaged father 'left in urine and faeces' in NHS hospital caught on secret camera

Binny Clarke secretly filmed the appalling treatment her husband Grant endured after he claimed his carers were mistreating him in the hospital
He was left for hours lying in his own urine and had his call bell ripped from his hand in West Kent Neuro-rehabilitation Unit at Sevenoaks Hospital
A nurse cleaned his feeding tube with a pen and staff were making him drink water - despite being strictly instructed to keep him on a nil by mouth diet
A spokesman for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust said they were 'appalled' at the shocking footage


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515983/Abuse-brain-damaged-Grant-Clarke-left-urine-NHS-hospital-caught-camera.html#ixzz2mDXNj4XZ

Girl, 10, dies after series of hospital blunders including expired drugs, lack of senior doctors and an on-call locum who decided to stay at HOME when contacted

Arina Durbazeva was taken to Basildon Hospital after having a fit
At the hospital she started fitting again and doctors were unable to give her the drugs she needed because they were past their use by date
No senior doctors were on the ward and the on-call consultant decided to stay at home when Arina's condition deteriorated and he was called
Arina had a heart attack and stopped breathing for 14 minutes
Was moved to St Mary's Hospital in London but died two days later
The coroner recorded a narrative verdict


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2520752/Girl-10-dies-series-hospital-blunders-including-expired-drugs-lack-senior-doctors-locum-decided-stay-HOME-contacted.html#ixzz2n4ZyFZbo

Colchester hospital accused of serious failings with cancer care
Essex trust medical director accepts NHS England report identifying diagnosis and treatment delays and 'unsafe records'

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/19/colchester-hospital-nhs-cancer-care-failings

Named doctor and nurse for every patient: Hospitals must show where buck stops, says Health Minister

Campaigners complain patients are often bewildered by staff changes
But new proposals by Jeremy Hunt will try to put an end to that
Identifying individual doctors and nurses was once commonplace
Now, the named clinicians will act as a 'champion' for a patient's care


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528660/Named-doctor-nurse-patient-Hospitals-buck-stops-says-Health-Minister.html#ixzz2oOrBg1wO

Bradford Royal Infirmary 'cannot provide safe care' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-25648677

Kettering Hospital withholds death inquiry findings http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-25766360

NHS hospitals are over-run with rules and regulations
Rosemary's stay in hospital was too perfect – she begged to be left alone by nurses who bugged her every half hour with checks and questions that they must carry out to the letter

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/28/nhs-hospitals-overrun-rules-and-regulations

Six NHS trusts under fresh scrutiny over high death rates
Two – Colchester Hospital University NHS foundation trust and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS trust – already in special measures

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/29/six-nhs-trusts-fresh-scrutiny-high-death-rates

Royal Victoria Hospital: Delays 'contributed to five deaths' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26135756

Thousands of hospital patients being moved at night
Campaigners have branded the practice of moving patients in hospital beds at night "dehumanising" as it emerged the practice increased by almost 20 per cent in the last five years

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10704523/Thousands-of-hospital-patients-being-moved-at-night.html

Death is 'core business' of Scottish hospitals, university study finds http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26630161

Thousands die of thirst and poor care in NHS
Up to 40,000 patients die annually because hospital staff fail to diagnose a treatable kidney problem, a figure that dwarfs the death toll from superbugs like MRSA

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10778537/Thousands-die-of-thirst-and-poor-care-in-NHS.html

Welsh hospitals report reveals 'appalling' patient care failings
Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot hospital heavily criticised for chaotic and dangerous conditions

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/13/welsh-hospitals-report-appalling-care-failings

Hospital patients to get named doctor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27822658

Hospital wards 'too noisy at night', say nurses http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27874905

Three nurses charged with wilful neglect
Three nurses from the Princess of Wales Hospital charged after a police investigation into the alleged falsification of patient records

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10913186/Three-nurses-charged-with-wilful-neglect.html

One-fifth of hospitals 'may be covering up mistakes' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27985817

Failing hospitals: Is the glass half-full or half-empty? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28329312

Wireless monitor 'relieves pressure' on nursing staff http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28317509

Great-grandfather died three hours after doctors operated on the WRONG lung

Herbert Chander died in January at the William Harvey Hospital in Kent
He was admitted after suffering chronic diseases and a collapsed left lung
Inquest heard doctors took him to theatre for a procedure but in a fatal error the surgeon operated on the right lung
Great-grandfather-of-four died three hours after the operation
Coroner said 'series of failings' by hospital caused the 85-year-old's death


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2705564/Great-grandfather-died-three-hours-doctors-operated-WRONG-lung-causing-collapse.html#ixzz38aDPtvdh

Nurses' poor handwriting and maths 'is costing lives': Death rate at two hospitals falls 15% when staff were given electronic devices to record information
Researchers calculated 750 deaths prevented in a year at the hospitals
Nurses are meant to measure patients’ heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels
Often these readings aren’t taken regularly enough, sometimes an 8hr gap
To address the problem, hand-held devices were given to nurses at Queen Alexandra hospital in Portsmouth in 2005 and University Hospitals in Coventry in 2007
They were handed either iPhones or iPads installed with an app that takes patients readings and reminds nurses when they are next needed


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2767347/Nurses-poor-handwriting-maths-costing-lives-Death-rate-two-hospitals-falls-15-staff-given-electronic-devices-record-information.html#ixzz3EEKfKbLy