A report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman suggests, shockingly, that 56% of people aged over 65 who experienced poor healthcare did not complain because of worries about how it might impact future treatment or simply because they did not want to make a fuss. Nearly 20% did not Read more…
37,000 lives each year are at risk from a serious condition called sepsis and this figure counts for the UK population alone. However, sepsis has never been in the forefront of public awareness. Until more recently, sepsis has been under reported in the media and there is a lack of Read more…
Jeremy Hunt has recently revealed proposals for doctors in NHS hospitals to cover seven day weeks which includes working weekends. According to evidence, the current Monday- Friday working culture of doctors within the NHS means that a patient is 16% more likely to die if admitted on a Sunday and Read more…
We welcomed February’s report on whistleblowers by Sir Robert Francis. Patient safety and the improvement of safety standards relies on people being able to raise concerns and there are few people better placed to do this in the NHS than the doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, including student nurses Read more…
I was really pleased to read in the news this week, not just because I am a born and bred Cambridgeshire girl, but because of the notable contribution that the UK provides to medical research and development, that a team at a Cambridge Hospital have been successful in pioneering a Read more…