A few days ago we had the report on the man slaughter by neglect of hundreds of patients at the Mid Staffs NHS Hospital. It blamed managers obsessed by targets. It didn't blame the government, who set and are also obsessed with targets, but it should have. ( Indeed the true nasty nature of Labour can be seen by their legal guarantee ploy of super targets set up just to bludgeon votes by bulli...
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ManInAShed on 26th Feb 2010 (via atoryblog.blogspot.com)
Bereaved relatives of patients who died at Stafford hospital have told why they fought for compensation in the largest ever group claim against an NHS hospital.
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Telegraph on 31st Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Serious concerns have been raised over Birmingham children's hospital NHS foundation trust (BCH), just days after a damning report over Stafford hospital.
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PoliticsCoUk on 20th Mar 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
David Cameron has pledged that under a Conservative government patients going into hospital for an operation or a course of treatment would be able to choose an individual named consultant A Conservative government would give patients the right to choose an individual named consultant for an operation or course of hospital treatment, David Cameron said today. Under current NHS rules in England, pa...
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Guardian on 14th Apr 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
A maximum waiting time of 12 weeks for hospital treatment will be guaranteed under new legislation being announced.
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BBCPolitics on 18th Mar 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Patients will have a legal right to hospital treatment within 12 weeks and to complain about the standard of their care, under new laws unveiled by Scottish ministers.
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Telegraph on 18th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Mortality rates from every NHS hospital to be made available to the public after breakdown of standards at Mid Staffordshire trust Death rates of every NHS hospital in England will be published on a government website, ministers said today after admitting a "lamentable" breakdown of standards at a foundation trust in the Midlands. Alan Johnson, the health secretary, said patients will gain access ...
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Guardian on 1st May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
A leading children's hospital is to be censured by the NHS watchdog for endangering the safety of vulnerable young patients by offering them substandard care. The Healthcare Commission will issue a highly critical report on Birmingham Children's Hospital that will highlight numerous failings in both quality of care and management processes. The hospital announced yesterday that Paul O�...
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Guardian on 8th Mar 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
NHS hospitals units are facing closure as patients choose to be treated in more successful medical centres new figures show.
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Telegraph on 16th Nov 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Patients will travel for the best hospital treatment and accept major NHS changes if it improves care, a body representing health boards claims.
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BBCPolitics on 10th Nov 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
NHS care is under renewed scrutiny after a damning new report on Wednesday highlighted how some patients were denied pain relief, told by nurses to go to the toilet in their seat and left without food and water. The NHS is ignoring patients’ needs because of “a systemic problem” which requires an overhaul of hospital
