Polski Dzial Compensation awarded for birth injuries
A mother has been awarded compensation after she claimed that her son’s cerebral palsy was the result of alleged medical negligence, reports the BBC. Helen Coyle’s son Ryan was born at Bellshill Maternity Hospital 20 years ago. There had been no problems with the pregnancy and she was admitted to the hospital to have her […]
Report into patient safety incidents
The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published the latest set of Organisation Patient Safety Incident data. The figures show that there were 612,414 patient safety incidents in England between 1st October 2011 and 31st March 2012 that were submitted to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) by 31st May 2012. This is an […]
Improving patient safety
Health Secretary Alex Neil has launched a set of ‘must do’ patient safety essentials at a conference on the Scottish Patient Safety Programme. The list sets out ten of the most successful elements of the patient safety programme that have been implemented widely across the NHS, and aims to ensure they will now be implemented […]
Death rates after surgery double that of recent estimates
National estimates of death following general surgery have been too optimistic, according to the first large-scale study to explore surgical outcomes across Europe, led by Queen Mary, University of London. The study has generated new estimates using a snap-shot of death after surgery in more than 46,000 patients from 500 hospitals in 28 European countries. […]