Hospital - Health Insurance News
13/08/2010NHS facing £65bn in 'mortgage costs' Patients could be left at risk as the NHS faces £65.1 billion in 'mortgage costs'. Under the private finance initiative (PFI), a number of new hospitals were built as private companies won...
30/06/2010Locum doctors 'putting Scottish patients at risk'The growing reliance on locum (substitute) doctors is putting patient safety at risk, an expert has claimed. Professor Chris Isle, of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in Scotland, said it is becoming...
28/06/2010Bury NHS hospital wards closed by virus outbreakAn outbreak of the novovirus bug, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting and is highly contagious, has led to the closure of four hospital wards at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds. The G3, G4, G5 and G8...
21/06/2010Bradford Royal Infirmary sued over teenager's deathThe parents of a teenage girl who died at Bradford Royal Infirmary are attempting to sue the NHS trust that runs the hospital. Laura Garner, an 18-year-old trainee hairdresser from Baildon, was admitted to...
09/06/2010Worst NHS hospital car parks namedThe NHS hospitals with the worst records when it comes to car park fees and enforcement have been revealed. Using information from 126 Freedom of Information requests, consumer watchdog Which? has...
07/06/2010Vale of Leven Hospital superbug investigation beginsAn inquiry has been launched into an outbreak of superbug Clostridium difficile (C diff) that occurred at Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria, Scotland. The hospital, part of the Greater Glasgow and Clyde...
21/05/2010Botched operation cover-up allegations at Milton Keynes HospitalThe cover-up of botched operations and a series of other damning allegations have been made against Milton Keynes Hospital in Buckinghamshire. According to Maggie Southcote-Want, a former director of nursing...
19/05/2010Staff shortages force overnight A&E closure at Victoria Hospital in KirkcaldyVictoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has been forced to temporarily close its accident and emergency department during the night due to a shortage of staff. The Scottish hospital has shut the ward every...
14/05/2010Birmingham hospitals criticised over child careHeartlands Hospital in Birmingham and Good Hope Hospital in nearby Sutton Coldfield have been blasted for providing inadequate paediatric care. The two hospitals, both run by Heart of England NHS Foundation...
04/05/2010PPI hospitals 'critical' to survival of NHSThe role of private companies is becoming more crucial to the survival of the NHS. That is the suggestion of two experts from law firm CMS Cameron McKenna, who highlighted the increasing need for...
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