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Hospital patients routinely treated in storerooms, survey shows (Guardian Unlimited)
Nearly two-thirds of nurses in poll say patients treated in areas not designed for clinical care, from cupboards to kitchen Patients are routinely being treated in storerooms, mop cupboards and wards that are already full, a survey reveals today. According to a poll of more than 900 nurses by Nursing Times, the trade magazine, nearly two-thirds said patients at their hospital were being treated ...
Hospital rap over medicine errors (BBC News)
Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.
Injured man airlifted to hospital (BBC News)
An offshore worker is airlifted to hospital in Aberdeen after being injured on a North Sea oil supply vessel.
Village hospital plans approved (BBC News)
Health bosses approve plans to redevelop a village hospital, bringing an end to in-patient care at the site and closing 14 beds.
Man charged over hospital abuse (BBC News)
A 36-year-old man is charged with racially abusing staff at Whitehaven's West Cumberland Hospital.
MP writes to police over hospital (BBC News)
An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.
Hospital smoking ban virtually impossible to enforce – bosses (Whitehaven News)
HOSPITAL bosses say enforcing controversial no-smoking legislation in their grounds has got them stumped.
Doctors call for return of hospital checks to end poor care scandals (Times Online)
A system of regular inspections and monitoring of hospitals, carried out by the royal medical colleges, should be reinstated to prevent scandals of poor NHS care, leading doctors say today.
High Hospital Occupancy Linked To Higher Death Rates For Patients (Medical News Today)
Admission to a hospital when most of the beds are already full can be deadly for patients, according to a new University of Michigan Health System study showing high occupancy increases the risk of dying in the hospital by 5.6 percent. For the study, published in the March issue of Medical Care, researchers evaluated a set of critical factors that can affect hospital deaths: hospital occupancy ...
Hospital warned over X-ray scandal (U TV)
Radiologists wrote more than 40 letters to Tallaght Hospital bosses over recent years complaining about a growing backlog in X-rays, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association said.