NHS

NHS Medical Mistakes are being blamed on 'Overwork'

Margaret Wilde — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:35:39 -0500

The 4,000 "avoidable" errors last year, according to figures obtained by the Daily Mirror, "included surgeons operating on the wrong person or part of the body, doctors making wrong diagnoses and the prescription of dangerous doses of medication."

Hundreds of NHS hospital patients are dying of malnutrition

Margaret Wilde — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:52:48 -0500

The Daily Mail reveals today that "Malnutrition killed more than 240 patients on NHS wards in 2007" and that "the number of men and women starving to death in hospitals has risen by 16 per cent since Labour came to power."

How to improve Britain's Healthcare provision

Margaret Wilde — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:08:01 -0500

In this Sunday Telegraph article, the Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College makes six simple suggestions that in his personal view would improve Britain's very expensive but extremely flawed National Health Service, the NHS.

Substandard UK Hospital Care Results 400-1200 More Deaths

Margaret Wilde — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:14:55 -0500

Telegraph reports that appalling standards of care have been exposed at Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals trust, where between 400 and 1,200 more patients died than would be expected in just three years, according to a damning report by the Healthcare Commission.

Pain suffered by NHS patients is not taken seriously enough

Margaret Wilde — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:56:04 -0500

Chronic pain suffered by millions is not being taken seriously enough with specialist services remaining a 'cinderella and neglected area of healthcare', Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson said.

UK Patients Crippled By NHS Receive £1.2Bn

Margaret Wilde — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:16:22 -0500

The Telegraph reports that almost 500 patients have been crippled and injured so badly by NHS hospital care that they have received more than £1m each in compensation, landing the taxpayer with a bill for £1.2bn.

Brown Signs New Health Care Constitution

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:31:47 -0600

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised the commitment to a 21st century healthcare service and the introduction of more choice for patients through the signing of a new NHS Constitution.

NHS Expands Patient Hospital Choice

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:45:25 -0500

From this month - April 2008 - there will be a dramatic expansion of UK patient choice in the NHS.

National Health Services' annual expences of translation services

harminka — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:35:46 -0600