It has been announced that the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists will undertake a review of maternity care across the NHS to try to improve safety and reduce the number of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and babies born with brain injuries. The Avoiding Brain Injuries in Childbirth review […]

The symptoms of bone cancers can often appear similar to other more common conditions, such as arthritis, or sports injuries. The Bone Cancer Research Trust is raising awareness of sarcoma in July and their website contains lots of ways that people can get involved so that people know what to […]

A joint investigation between Channel 4 News and The Independent has found that 46 babies born at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust maternity services between 2010 and 2020 have suffered brain damage and 19 were stillborn. The investigation revealed evidence of poor care and repeated failures to properly investigate […]

The BBC has reported that patients who have undergone “bowel mesh” surgery for conditions including a prolapsed bowel are experiencing excruciating pain as a result of surgery. Most of the patients were treated, using mesh to fix prolapsed bowels, by Tony Dixon, who was later dismissed by Bristol’s Southmead Hospital. A […]

The overnight service in the Minor Injury Unit at Minehead Community Hospital in Somerset is to be closed for 4 months due to concerns about patient safety. The Somerset NHS Foundation Trust health managers raised concerns that there were delays in providing emergency care to patients who had suffered serious […]

27th June – 3rd July 2021 is Deafblind Awareness Week. . Deafblindness affects around 400,000 people in the UK and each experience is completely different. Deafblind UK is raising awareness of how deafblindness affects people in different ways to increase understanding of the condition. If more people understand the condition, […]

The Care Quality Commission has suspended the activities of Premier Ambulance Rescue Services, a private ambulance company, because of concerns that “people using the service may be exposed to the risk of harm”. The decision was made following an inspection of the organisation, prompted in part by the death of […]

Winter viruses have started to appear, after mostly disappearing last year when people could not mix due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Doctors have advised that most infections are unlikely to be serious and that people should go to their GPs, pharmacies or NHS 111 as a first option. There is […]

The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has found that over a dozen hospitals in the UK have oxygen supply systems that are “unbelievably old”. The hospitals found it difficult to cope with surges in demand during the winter and this put patients’ lives at risk. We hope that lessons are […]

A group of more than 200 patients in severe pain after bowel mesh surgery have said there is no sign yet of treatment to alleviate their suffering. This is despite an NHS recommendation in 2020 that specialist centres should be set up for all mesh patients. Most of the patients […]