‘Shocking’ report on NHS – remains unpublished
Most national media sources this week have run the story of how a “totally shocking” report by one of the country’s most respected businessmen into how the NHS is run was handed into the Department...
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‘Hundreds die’ because of NHS bed blockage
Several daily newspapers have, today, highlighted the delays in admitting patients to hospital from A&E because of a shortage of beds. This is leading to “hundreds of deaths per year” in the UK, the royal...
NHS Hospital Privately Run – Needs £10million Bailout
Charlie Cooper of The Independent reports that the only NHS hospital run by a private company has asked for a £10m tax-payer funded bailout. Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, is due to be handed back to...
Stop gagging whistleblowers – NHS hospitals are to be told
Hospitals must end the use of gagging clauses to silence whistleblowers, an inquiry will say this week. A long-awaited report by by Sir Robert Francis will demand the NHS does far more to end its...
NHS ‘special measures’ has saved lives !
The NHS’s unprecedented decision to put 11 trusts intro special measures is likely to have saved hundreds of lives, experts have said. Death rates fell at the trusts after the 2013 intervention, spearheaded by NHS...
It’s not just the NHS that bully “Whistleblowers”
Whistleblowers who flagged up a lack of action by council bosses were bullied, harassed and driven out of their jobs, a report reveals. Instead of acting on the confidential information given to them to help...
OAP Nips And Tucks Surgery Soars Say Surgeons
The number of OAP’s having cosmetic surgery has soared by 49% in seven years, a report has revealed. Almost two-thirds of surgeons have seen a rise in older people going under the knife, says Nuffield...
Foreign Patients Using the NHS – A Crackdown – Long Overdue
Foreign patients will have to prove they are entitled to free NHS care in a clampdown on health tourism. In order to register with a GP, EU nationals will be required to show their European...
Military Doctors on A&E Wards
A crisis-hit NHS hospital has had Army medics treating patients. Patients were shocked to see the troops on duty at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, last month. Last year the hospital’s A&E department was...
Doctor “Sacked by Text” – He Blew Whistle on Drugs Scam at Army Base
A SENIOR doctor was sacked by text while on holiday after blowing the whistle on a suspected drugs scam at a British Army base. Dr Stephen Frost who led the campaign for an inquest into...