The NHS executive accused of covering up a damning report into patient safety at a hospital in Cumbria has been awarded £60,000 for the damage caused to her reputation and the distress she was subjected to. Jill Finney was accused of having given the order to delete evidence which showed that the Care Quality Commission … [Read more…]
Despite claims in 2007, advising hospital births were preferable to home births, the NHS is now claiming that home births are normal, safe, and better than hospital delivery. Mark Baker, the clinical director of the National Institute for National Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has said, ‘A home birth is generally safer than hospital for … [Read more…]
A study has revealed that 40% of Britain’s under-25s who have life-saving surgeries are super-obese. According to a senior bariatric consultant, the level of young people classified as super-obese could ‘threaten to bankrupt the NHS’. The National Bariatric Surgery Registry released a report that analysed 18,000 weight-loss operations in the UK. It identified the rapid … [Read more…]
King’s Fund member explains why charging for healthcare should be a no go area King’s Fund member and social policy professor Julian Le Grand has spoken out against the idea of charging for healthcare services, instead advocating a “a single pathway of care with a single ring fenced budget and a single commissioner.” Long opposing the … [Read more…]
These days, you can’t open a newspaper or turn on the TV without catching a glimpse of a news story hailing the incredible debts of the NHS and the undoubted financial struggles that lay ahead for our health service; with prominent think tank the King’s Fund even predicting a complete monetary crisis during 2015/16, if … [Read more…]
Potential for hundreds of jobs to be cut NHS England is expected to carry out a drastic restructure of the 27 area teams over the next nine months as hundreds of posts are cut. Due to requirements to cut running costs by 10%-15% over 2015/16, NHS England is expected to draft in the necessary changes … [Read more…]
Unless they prove they have less than four weeks to live, patients forced to foot bill of care Charity Motor Neurone Disease Scotland has unveiled that some Scottish councils are charging terminally ill patients for their personal care when they should be receiving it for free. Personal care is free to anyone aged over 65 … [Read more…]