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Nov 2014

Watchdog report that numbers of maternity staff “below recommended safe levels”

An October 2014 report by the Care Quality Commission has indicated that certain Maternity Units are so short staffed that they place patients at risk. It was found that there was a frequent problem with shortages of midwives and Consultant Obstetricians and that there were cases where the ratio of midwives to patients was below…

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Nov 2014

Ombudsman report highlights “shocking” NHS failures and medical errors

The parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman published a report on the 29 October 2014 summarising 161 investigations the Ombudsman carried out this year. In one case, a man died following a liver biopsy and it was found that there were various failures in his care, including inappropriate discharge from Accident & Emergency. Consent to the…

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