Medical negligence related News in the UK

 

22nd November 2006

NHS Redress Bill latest
 

8th November 2006

1 in every 300 patients at risk of dying in hospital due to medical errors
 

26th October 2006

New National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICE guidelines launched to improve treatment and care for millions of women

 

25th October 2006

Link proved between nurse numbers and patient mortality

 

18th October 2006

NHS Job cuts may reach 20,000 according to the Tories

 

16th October 2006

GPs to perform minor surgery

 

11th October 2006

Doctors cannot be held liable for bad advice to injured players
Source The Times -  more

 

11th October 2006

Walnuts - they may be ugly but they are definitely good for you!

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11th October 2006

North South divide remains on health issues in the UK

Source BBC more

 

Government defeated over reform of the NHS

 [28th September 2006] more

 

Better training needed to reduce emergency caesareans

BMJ. [22 September 2006]

 

NHS computer system continues to cause problems

[19th September 2006]

 

Homeopathic remedies given the all clear?

More [01 September 2006]

 

Certification of Doctors in the UK

Researchers at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) have completed a study that indicates British doctors should be certificated in order to improve the quality of healthcare in the UK. [25th August 2006]

 

40,000 medication and prescription blunders every year

The figures have been collated by the National Patient Safety Agency and the statistics inevitably underestimate the problem to a degree since not all errors are reported [11th August 2006]