Category: Health & Safety
NHS Foundation Trust fined over patient canoe suicide
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has been fined for safety failings after a patient drowned during a canoeing activity event. Mansoor Elahi, 31, from Rochdale was an inpatient at Birch Hill...
Estate Agent Disappearance Anniversary marked with Right to be Safe Appeal
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust has today launched the Right to be Safe appeal on the 30th anniversary of estate agent Suzy’s disappearance. The 25 year old disappeared without a trace whilst showing...
CQC places Blackpool GP Surgery into special measures
England’s Chief Inspector of General Practice has rated a Blackpool GP surgery as Inadequate and placed it into special measures following a CQC inspection. A specialist team of...
Care provider prosecuted by CQC after vulnerable dementia patient dies at nursing home
A care provider that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment has been fined £190,000 by Bradford Magistrates’ Court. The CQC brought the prosecution following the death...
Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust rated Good by CQC
England's Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated the services provided by Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as Good following an inspection by the Care Quality...
Vulnerable patients suffering due to poor hospital discharge, says Ombudsman report
Patients are being sent home alone, afraid and unable to cope and in some cases without their relatives or carers being told, according to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.....jpg "3M takes fundraising to new heights with Action on Hearing Loss")
3M takes fundraising to new heights with Action on Hearing Loss
Science-based technology company, 3M and national charity, Action on Hearing Loss, are set to undertake a mammoth fundraiser in a bid to raise awareness of noise-induced hearing loss, an...
Pharmacists in care homes could save NHS £135 million
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, RPS, has published a report stating that the NHS could save £135 million a year if they introduced a pharmacist into every care home across the UK. The...
CQC seeks views on vision for the future
The Care Quality Commission has published its consultation document Shaping the Future which sets out their vision for the future regulation of health and social care. Following the publication the...
CQC responds to Public Account Committee report on progress
The CQC has responded to the Public Account Committee’s report out on its performance as the country’s regulator of health and adult social care. The report acknowledges that...
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