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Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 25th May 12 at 12:33am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Dave (admin) on 25th May 12 at 4:36pm
If you say 'no' do you come out alive?
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 10th Dec 12 at 12:10am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 11th Dec 12 at 1:08am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 25th Mar 13 at 11:41pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 27th Mar 13 at 11:51pm
Flaws in populist proposals for nurse training
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/27/flaws-populist-proposals-nurse-training
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 30th Mar 13 at 11:55pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 31st Mar 13 at 11:17pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 9th Apr 13 at 12:01am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 11th Apr 13 at 10:45pm
Stafford Hospital death probed by HSE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22112198
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 12th Apr 13 at 11:05pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 16th Apr 13 at 11:43pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 2nd May 13 at 11:18pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 9th May 13 at 8:39pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 11th Jun 13 at 11:55am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 17th Jun 13 at 12:48pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 2nd Jul 13 at 10:36am
NHS 'must get tough on consultants' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23129110
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 15th Jul 13 at 9:34am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 25th Jul 13 at 9:14am
NHS neglect: Calls for inquiry after woman's death http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23439425
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 30th Jul 13 at 8:57am
First 'friends and family' ratings to be published http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23489102
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 6th Aug 13 at 9:26am
Health safety expert to reveal 'zero-harm' NHS manifesto http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23572696
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 13th Aug 13 at 1:05pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 14th Aug 13 at 11:12am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 20th Aug 13 at 10:00am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 21st Aug 13 at 11:30am
'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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 30th Aug 13 at 8:56am
Stafford Hospital prosecuted over Gillian Astbury death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-23882337
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 5th Sep 13 at 9:59am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 13th Sep 13 at 10:20am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 17th Sep 13 at 9:04am
New hospital inspection regime targets poor care http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24112245
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 18th Sep 13 at 10:04am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 19th Sep 13 at 11:32am
More failing hospitals 'likely to be found' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24142618
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 5th Oct 13 at 10:02am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 8th Nov 13 at 1:35pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 20th Nov 13 at 10:13am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 24th Nov 13 at 10:23am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 27th Nov 13 at 12:28pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 1st Dec 13 at 11:22am
'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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 10th Dec 13 at 1:05pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 22nd Dec 13 at 10:37am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 24th Dec 13 at 2:49pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 8th Jan 14 at 3:03pm
Bradford Royal Infirmary 'cannot provide safe care' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-25648677
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 20th Jan 14 at 11:32am
Kettering Hospital withholds death inquiry findings http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-25766360
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 28th Jan 14 at 10:35am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 29th Jan 14 at 1:21pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 11th Feb 14 at 12:41pm
Royal Victoria Hospital: Delays 'contributed to five deaths' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26135756
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 18th Mar 14 at 11:37am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 19th Mar 14 at 12:54pm
Death is 'core business' of Scottish hospitals, university study finds http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26630161
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 23rd Apr 14 at 10:02am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 14th May 14 at 10:23am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 13th Jun 14 at 9:52am
Hospital patients to get named doctor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27822658
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 17th Jun 14 at 10:28am
Hospital wards 'too noisy at night', say nurses http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27874905
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 20th Jun 14 at 10:40am
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 24th Jun 14 at 11:28am
One-fifth of hospitals 'may be covering up mistakes' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27985817
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 21st Jul 14 at 11:23am
Failing hospitals: Is the glass half-full or half-empty? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28329312
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 22nd Jul 14 at 9:50am
Wireless monitor 'relieves pressure' on nursing staff http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28317509
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 26th Jul 14 at 3:05pm
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
Re: Hospital Care - Posted By Ian (ian) on 24th Sep 14 at 12:09pm
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