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Unknown breast surgery patients urged to come forward

PostedSeptember 14, 2017

In the press today is news of the £37 million in compensation payments which have been awarded to around 750 patients of the disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson. Back in...

False sense of security and weak passwords amongst NHS Staff

PostedSeptember 1, 2017

In May 2017, the NHS was attacked by ransomware (software that threatens to publish information unless a ransom is paid) which disabled computers and left clinicians unable to access patients’...

Officials at Public Health England (PHE) say that the amount of activity people do starts to tail off from the age of 40

PostedAugust 25, 2017

They are urging those between the ages of 40 and 60 to start taking regular brisk walks as just ten minutes a day could have a major impact, reducing the...

Maternity services at a health trust at the centre of a baby deaths inquiry must improve say inspectors

PostedAugust 17, 2017

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt ordered an investigation into the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in April. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said overall care had got better but...

Plymouth surgeon no longer able to perform non-emergency operations on children after performing procedure without consent

PostedAugust 14, 2017

A Plymouth surgeon will no longer be perform non-emergency operations on children following his actions during an operation on a 12 year old boy. The child attended the hospital for...

Services for people who are suicidal or self-harming are facing unprecedented demand in England, a BBC Radio 5 live investigation has found

PostedJuly 27, 2017

Out of 39 mental health trusts that provided figures for their crisis teams, 27 had seen their workload increase by 70%, and some had seen referrals rise by as much...

Whistleblower reveals that Kettering Hospital filtered data

PostedJune 29, 2017

In May 2017 the BBC investigated claims that patients were waiting over a year for operations at the Kettering General Hospital after David Phelan, a hospital trust governor, found discrepancies...

Inquest into death of high flying Norwich law student

PostedJune 28, 2017

An inquest opens tomorrow (29 June) at Norwich Coroners Court into the death of a high flying Norwich law student. The family will be represented by a medical injury specialist...

Ashtons representing family as inquest opens into death of man after failure to diagnose cancer

PostedJune 20, 2017

An inquest opens today into the death of a Nottingham man after a hospital failed to diagnose lung cancer. Keith Beardsmore, aged 73, had undergone a chest x-ray at Nottingham...

A pioneering and life-extending drug repeatedly deemed too expensive will now be offered on the NHS in England

PostedJune 16, 2017

This is the result of a confidential deal between the health service and the drug company Roche. Kadcyla, the undiscounted cost of which had been £90,000 per patient, adds an...

GP rescue package fails with potential consequences for patients

PostedMay 26, 2017

Official figures published by NHS Digital show that the number of GPs has fallen since the NHS launched a ‘rescue package’ to tackle the crisis of a shortage of family...

Breast surgeon Ian Paterson case: ‘Hundreds’ of other victims

PostedMay 5, 2017

Hundreds more patients are expected to seek compensation after a breast surgeon was convicted of carrying out needless operations. Ian Paterson, 59, was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding...