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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
12 September 2017
Is a mother giving birth a primary or secondary victim?
RE v Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Reference: [2017] EWHC 824 (QB)
14 March 2017
“Realising Realistic Medicine” The Reports of Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer are welcome news for doctors and patients
I read with interest the second Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, Dr Catherine Calderwood, which was published at the end of February. The report is Dr Calderwood’s second since she took up the post in March 2015, her first report having caused something of a stir, not just in Scotland, but in England and Wales too.
23 February 2017
Delays in A&E: Not Just a Matter of Time
Over the past few weeks there have been numerous stories published on the pressures which A&E Services have come under this winter. The time taken to be seen initially, as well as the “trolley wait” for admission has been under scrutiny like never before, with reports of significant numbers of patients with waits of between 4-12 hours and even longer.
15 February 2017
Blame the system, not the staff
Last week the BBC 10 o’clock news ran a nightly feature on the NHS, looking in particular at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, one of the busiest hospitals in the North West. We saw tired and worried patients being looked after by exhausted and demoralised staff, a nurse saying “it’s dangerous, it’s frightening”, and a patient saying “they need beds and staff - the Doctors and Nurses are working really hard, and it’s heart breaking”.
8 February 2017
999 – can you hear me?
It has recently been widely reported that Accident and Emergency departments across the country have reached crisis and are often unable to provide a level of care where patients can be seen and treated within a reasonable period of time which may be crucial in saving someone’s life or preventing further injury from occurring. Despite the £700m in additional funding from the Department of Health this wasn’t enough to halt the decline in A&E.