Clostridium Difficile outbreak killed three patients at the Arrowe Park Hospital Superbug infection killed three people at the over-crowded Arrowe Park Hospital, following a massive increase in infection rates, informs the Liverpool Echo. A report has revealed lack of proper cleaning due to time constrains, dilapidated wards and inadequate infection control practice. The state of […]
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Aug
Hospital in Dudley fails to meet the 60min sepsis target An inspection at the Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley has found that the hospital does not meet the 60min target for screening of sepsis and antibiotic administration. This comes as an enormous issue as the chances of improvement fall drastically if the treatment is not […]
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Aug
Sterilisation is a life changing decision that should be thought through and happen out of your own free will. This is not the experience Lindsey Clark described to the Sunday Mirror. During two pregnancies, Ms Clark suffered from pre-eclampsia. Some pregnant women experience this life-threatening condition, usually after 20 weeks of pregnancy or soon after […]
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Some truly shocking news has been posted by the Daily Mail Online. CCTV footage from just one ward at Muckamore Abbey Hospital psychiatric unit recorded more than 1,500 crimes. The crimes were committed by the ward staff over a six-month period in 2017-2018. Muckamore Abbey Hospital in County Antrim provides treatment for people with mental […]
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Sep
Mersey nurse had no idea she had sepsis. Nicola Ore, a nurse for Mersey Care NHS Trust, had no idea she had sepsis. Liverpool Echo reports that on 30 May 2018, Mrs Ore began to feel unwell, but reckoned she was just tired from working long hours. She took some painkillers and went to bed […]
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Pregnant women at Arrowe Park were scanned by ultrasound machines that had not been serviced in years. The Liverpool Echo has reported that thousands of pregnant women were scanned by ultrasound machines that had not been serviced in years. The Echo have been informed by a whistleblower at Arrowe Park Hospital there has been an […]
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May
May
Phoenix Legal Solicitors want your help to raise money to buy iPads for the Hospitals in Wirral & Chester and care homes of Wirral so that those patients affected by Covid-19 are not alone and can make contact with their families whilst in isolation and/or undergoing treatment for covid-19. Being in hospital is scary but […]