Man circumcised in hospital mix-up gets £20k payout – BBC News
‘A man who was mistakenly circumcised when he went to hospital for a routine bladder procedure has been awarded £20,000 in compensation.’
BBC News, 6th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: hospitals
CQC places two Priory Group hospitals in special measures – The Guardian
Two hospitals run by the Priory Group have been placed in special measures in a fresh controversy over state-funded private contractors’ treatment of people with mental illness or learning disabilities.
The Guardian, 30th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court rejects libel claim over email sent by in-house lawyer – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has rejected a libel claim by a woman who an in-house lawyer suggested in an email had potentially acted fraudulently.’
Legal Futures, 30th July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Prosecutions against unsafe care homes and hospitals rise by one third – Daily Telegraph
‘Prosecutions and other criminal enforcement actions against unsafe care homes and NHS hospitals have risen a third in a year, amid warnings of a growing crisis.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BA loses legal action against pilot strikes – The Guardian
‘British Airways has lost its legal attempt to block planned strikes by pilots, which could take place next month and disrupt the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers.’
The Guardian, 23rd July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Tafida Raqeeb: Parents’ bid to get daughter treated goes to High Court – BBC News
‘A family’s fight to take their ill daughter to Italy for treatment will be heard at the High Court in September.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Coroners link eleven deaths to glitches in NHS 111 and 999 systems – Daily Telegraph
‘The deaths of eleven patients, including two young children, have been linked to glitches in the algorithms used by the NHS 111 and 999 services.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother sues NHS for £200,000 claiming hospital failed to inform her of son’s Down’s Syndrome diagnosis – Daily Telegraph
‘Hospital notes show that a mother shouldn’t receive £200,000 in damages from the NHS for having child with Down’s Syndrome because she declined to have him tested before he was born, a court heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Blind man’s legal fight over hospital small print letters – BBC News
‘A registered blind man is taking a hospital trust to court because its eye department keeps sending him letters he cannot read.’
BBC News, 8th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Moors murderer Ian Brady had contact with vulnerable boys in jail – The Guardian
‘The Moors murderer Ian Brady came in contact with vulnerable borstal boys for more than five years at Wormwood Scrubs prison, Home Office files in the National Archives show.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Hundreds more cases in Shropshire baby deaths review – BBC News
‘The number of cases uncovered by a maternity review at hospitals in Shropshire has more than doubled.’
BBC News, 24th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
NHS workers including nurses and cleaners raped and groped at work, finds new report – The Independent
‘NHS workers including nurses and cleaners have suffered “serious” sexual harassment in the workplace, including groping and rape, a new report has found.’
The Independent, 20th June 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
NHS care providers left autistic children at risk of self-harm – The Guardian
‘Potentially suicidal autistic children with mental health problems in Staffordshire have been left at risk of self-harm after receiving inadequate and unsafe care, according to a damning leaked internal NHS report.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Nyall Brown death: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust criticised – BBC News
‘A coroner has criticised a troubled mental health trust for failing a teenager who took his own life.’
BBC News, 17th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Contaminated blood: What caused the NHS scandal? – BBC News
‘The infection of up to 30,000 people with contaminated blood has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history. Thousands have died.’
BBC News, 14th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inquiry into Liverpool Community Health failures expected – BBC News
‘An independent inquiry into a failed NHS trust is expected to be announced later – amid concerns that 150 deaths were not properly investigated.’
BBC News, 6th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mental health hospital where patients were secluded in unfurnished, unsafe rooms, rated inadequate by watchdog – The Independent
‘Vulnerable patients at one of England’s largest charity-run mental health hospitals were kept in unsafe seclusion rooms for excessive amounts of time and without beds, blankets or pillows, a damning report has found. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated adolescent mental health services at St Andrew’s Healthcare hospital in Northampton ”inadequate”.’
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The Independent, 6th June 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Contaminated blood inquiry: Victim’s ‘life of fear and anger’ – BBC News
‘A man who was infected by contaminated blood has told a public inquiry of a life of fear, paranoia and anger.’
BBC News, 21st May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Broken’ care system for most vulnerable – BBC News
‘Patients with mental health problems, autism and learning disabilities are being let down by a “broken” care system, a report warns.’
BBC News, 21st May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
