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Following my blog in July in which the NHS figures revealed there was a record high of nearly 6.5 million people in England waiting for hospital treatment, the backlog continues to grow. A new record high of over 6.84 million people are now waiting for...
A team at Queen’s University Belfast recently announced they have developed a virus killing plastic which could help to stop the spread of viruses, such as covid. The plastic reacts with UV light (such as the light released from a fluorescent...
A report commissioned by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has identified a “significant risk to women receiving timely and appropriate care and treatment, exposing them to the risk of harm” at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust...
On 16 th August 2022 the NHS announced the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) for investigating serious incidents which will replace the Serious Incident Framework (2015). Organisations will be expected to transition to the new...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) made unannounced visits to hospitals run by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in September and October 2021 which raised concerns about staff shortages, skills training and risk management. This led to a...
As the covid-19 pandemic nears the end, life is returning to normal for many of us. Sadly, however, the same cannot be said for the NHS. Despite facing unprecedented treatment backlogs, the NHS are now facing the highest staff shortage in its history...
Latest NHS figures show that a record high of nearly 6.5 million people in England are waiting for hospital treatment. The demand for hospital treatment has increased significantly in the past two years as a result of the backlog caused by the...
The issues raised in the BBC article ' The areas with the fewest GPs revealed ' are very concerning for the future of GP care provision. It was necessary, during the pandemic, for GPs to carry out most of their consultations over the telephone...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with approximately one in eight women being diagnosed with it during their lifetime. Thankfully there is a good chance of recovery if it's detected early and medics are therefore...
The latest provisional figures published by NHS England confirm that from 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2022 there were 407 ‘Never Events’ reported which is an increase from 364 reported in the same period in the previous year. ...
