In the News: NHS to pay nearly £30 million due to negligence that left a baby with catastrophic life changing injuries The family of a baby girl who suffered catastrophic brain injuries shortly after her birth has recently been awarded £29.3...
Know when something is not right - a change in your bladder habit could be a sign of something serious. In the United Kingdom, there are around 10,000 new bladder cancer cases diagnosed every year. Bladder cancer is the 11th most common cancer accounting...
Serious concerns regarding maternity services at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust BBC's Panorama investigated the maternity services of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust after the tragic deaths of two babies and a mother between...
A routine scan at 36 weeks during pregnancy can reduce the number of unexpected breech births Currently, pregnant women in England undergo routine scans at 12 and 20 weeks, with no routine scan offered in the third (final) trimester....
Each year, charity group, Headway, run various campaigns to raise awareness of acquired brain injuries, and the impact such injuries can have on sufferers and their loved ones. According to Headway, hospital admissions in England due to brain injuries ...
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has been fined £800,000 over baby's death Baby Wynter Andrews died at Queen's Medical Centre 23 minutes after her birth due to hypoxic ischaemic...
One patient dies every 23 minutes due to delays in Accident and Emergency Departments across England The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has reported that one patient is dying every 23 minutes in England due to delays. This...
Was a mother given 'conflicting' advice by the NHS before dying in childbirth? Lucy, a 32-year-old mum-of-two sadly passed away at Royal Hampshire County Hospital after suffering complications during the...
Concerns for patient safety grow as NHS England data shows that the average ambulance response times for category 1 - 3 emergencies in October 2022 were the highest since categories were introduced in 2017. Some patients who require emergency...
In 2019, the biggest maternity scandal in Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust’s history came to light. Hundreds of families came forward, telling their stories of how the Trust had failed them and their babies. This led to an inquiry into 1,592...
Cervical Screening Awareness Week runs from 21 to 28 January 2022 and aims to raise awareness and highlight the importance of regular cervical screening for women. Cervical screening (a smear test) is an effective way of preventing cervical cancer....
Across the country men will be growing their beards to raise awareness and support vital research and lifesaving work to help prevent bowel cancer. More than 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the United Kingdom every year, and more than...
NHS Trusts fill nurse vacancies with non-nurses NHS Trusts in England are recruiting unqualified people to fill the growing number of nursing vacancies within the NHS. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has...
Cervical Screening Awareness Week runs from 14 June 2021 to 20 June 2021 and aims to raise awareness and highlight the importance of regular cervical screening for women. Did you know? In the United Kingdom,...
Walsall Manor Hospital has been told to make 'significant improvements' to its medical services within three months following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission in March 2021. An inspection was carried out due to concerns regarding the...
Pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores and pressure sores, can be debilitating, painful and potentially fatal if left untreated. However, with appropriate nursing care pressure ulcers can be prevented most of the time. Whilst there are certain...
In the first criminal prosecution of its kind, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust was recently prosecuted and found to be in breach of the Duty of Candour for failing to be open and transparent with a bereaved family. In this case, a patient died at...
The COVID-19 outbreak has had an enormous impact on core NHS services. In order to free up capacity to deal with the initial peak of the pandemic, the NHS shut down or significantly reduced many areas of non-COVID care from April 2020 onwards. This resulted...
Ronan Keating’s wife, Storm Keating, has recently undergone emergency spinal surgery at Cromwell Hospital after being diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome. On social media, Storm revealed how she had initially been rushed to hospital for a...
An investigation carried out by the BBC has revealed failures in the diagnosis of medical issues during ultrasound scans at private clinics. More than 200 studios in England offer private ultrasound scans, with hundreds of thousands being carried out...
Vaginal mesh implants have been used for a number of years to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. The surgical mesh usually made from synthetic polypropylene is inserted into the vagina or vaginal wall in order to support the...
Bowel cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the United Kingdom. Cancer Research UK estimate that around 40,000 individuals are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year. According to statistics published by Cancer Research, bowel cancer is...