“Lawyers are earning ‘success fees’ totalling £66 million a year for helping patients to sue the NHS, new figures have revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hospitals are being instructed to remove advertisements for personal injury lawyers featured in NHS leaflets issued to patients, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
” ‘Gross failures’ by a hospital contributed to the death of a five-year-old boy, a coroner has ruled.”
BBC News, 26th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers are planning a ‘class action’ on behalf of 23 families who contacted them with ‘shocking’ claims of indignities and the most basic failings in care. They believe the families who have contacted them so far about care at Alexandra Hospital, in Redditch, West Midlands, may represent ‘the tip of the iceberg’.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An NHS Trust has been ordered to pay a man £12,500 in compensation for breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA) after a nurse unlawfully accessed a man’s medical records, Plymouth County Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The watchdog responsible for overseeing the NHS has come under fire on multiple fronts, with counsel for the public inquiry into the Mid Staffs hospital scandal calling into question its leadership and ‘unhealthy organisational culture’ while the National Audit Office said its failures had risked ‘unsafe or poor quality (patient) care.’ ”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s equality and human rights watchdog may intervene in a landmark case over the use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for patients in hospitals, care homes, and their own homes.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Oxford boy left brain damaged after complications during his birth has been given £1m compensation.”
BBC News, 19th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The watchdog responsible for overseeing NHS hospitals and care homes is being urgently investigated by the Department of Health over a series of alleged failures that could have risked patient care.”
The Guardian, 14th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The reorganisation of children’s heart surgery in England has been thrown into doubt following a high court ruling that the planned closure of a unit at the Royal Brompton hospital in south-west London was unlawful.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Watchdog publishes damning report into deaths at two London hospitals, Queen’s in Romford and King George’s in Goodmayes.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A coroner has ruled a verdict of natural causes by neglect contributed to a Somerset toddler’s death.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“CQC today publishes a report into the standards of care that older people receive in hospital – and calls for a system-wide response to combat the failings identified.”
Care Quality Commission, 13th October 2011
Source: www.cqc.org.uk
“Too many hospital staff do not ensure older patients eat and drink properly, fail to respect their dignity and talk to them in a condescending manner, the NHS watchdog warns.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A hospital trust boss has apologised for failings in the care given to two maternity patients who died. An external review into Violet Stephens’ death at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, east London, in April revealed a succession of failures in her care.”
BBC News, 29th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hospitals are being advised to consider blocking tactics to thwart as many as 700,000 staff taking industrial action on 30 November as part of the public sector day of action over pensions.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a Berkshire woman who died after a serious asthma attack has received a six-figure compensation settlement after a hospital trust admitted it was negligent.”
BBC News, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Adults with learning disabilities at the centre of a care abuse case in Cornwall will receive about £8m in compensation.”
BBC News, 15th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Care Quality Commission also found that a third of hospitals are failing to meet standards on handling medicine safely, while a fifth are not treating elderly patients with dignity or ensuring they have enough to eat and drink.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Patients were put at risk by an unacceptable fall in the number of inspections of hospitals and care homes, MPs say.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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