May 23rd 2018
Compensation for hospital patient after experienced surgeon operated on wrong side of arm
A surgeon with over 30 years’ experience operated on the wrong part of a patient’s…
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Medical Negligence
May 16th 2018
Nursing and Midwifery Council’s failure to act on concerns over midwives was a complete dereliction of role to protect public
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) describes its role on its own website as being…
May 8th 2018
Missed breast cancer screening tests scandal: What you need to know
More than 300,000 patients are to be contacted by the NHS for urgent scans after…
May 4th 2018
How can officials claim patient safety is paramount in light of two huge healthcare scandals?
There can’t have been many worse weeks in terms of patient confidence in medical professionals…
May 3rd 2018
Hospital which outsourced patient’s scans for review criticised after delays and errors which caused tumour to be missed
A hospital which outsourced the review of an elderly patient’s CT scan has agreed to…
May 2nd 2018
How was breast screening error unnoticed for a decade, causing 450,000 missed tests and up to 270 deaths?
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s admission that between 135 and 270 women ‘may have had their…
April 23rd 2018
Lack of checks on doctors and surgeons in private hospitals is a major patient safety concern
It has been somewhat worrying to see the Care Quality Commission (CQC) express its concerns…
April 19th 2018
Urgent attitude change needed by public and medical profession to tackle late prostate cancer diagnosis problem
It is clear that a complete change in attitude and approach is now needed by…
