Long ambulance delays putting heart attack patients at risk, study says
Long delays in ambulances reaching patients with the most serious type of heart attack are putting lives at risk, according to a new investigation.
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
Visiting restrictions may have contributed to deaths of new mothers – report
Rules which banned partners from attending hospital with pregnant women could have contributed to delays in people seeking care, a new report into a series of maternal deaths suggests.
More must be done to prevent risk for big babies, watchdog says
More must be done to prevent serious illness and death which can occur among some larger-than-average babies if their shoulders get stuck during birth, a watchdog has warned.
Five-fold increase in oxygen demand in hospitals – medic
Some hospitals have seen a five-fold increase in demand for oxygen, a senior medic has said.
Some medical blunders should ‘not be classed as never events’ – watchdog
Medical blunders such as a wrong hip replacement and a nine-year-old who received a drug by injection instead of by mouth should no longer be considered “never events”, a safety watchdog has said.
Patients could receive texts or emails following abnormal scan results
NHS patients could be sent text messages or emails urging them to call their doctor if X-rays or scans show abnormal results.