Four staff from the Solar Centre, at St Catherine’s Hospital in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, deny more than 50 counts of mistreating vulnerable adults in their care. Alleged incidents involved 17 different patients, many of whom are blind, mute and have … Continue reading
As many as 1,165 people starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years fuelling claims nurses are too busy to feed their patients. The Department of Health branded the figures ‘unacceptable’ and said the number of unannounced … Continue reading
How have we got to the situation in this country where a Nurse doesn’t know the bloody difference between Milligrams & Micrograms or that giving someone a glass of lucozade is equivalent to a glucose drip? I know one of the … Continue reading
Nurses should be formally judged on how compassionate they are, their professional chief will declare today. Jane Cummings claims nurses must not be assessed on their technical skills alone because ‘poor care is a betrayal of what we stand … Continue reading
Article by - Paul Smith – Founder Atos Victims Group Just imagine a country where the state sanctions the killing of the vulnerable, babies, disabled people & the elderly, where on earth could this country be, well I’m saddened to inform … Continue reading
Ministers yesterday ordered an independent inquiry into why hospitals have been paid to hit targets for numbers of patients dying on the Liverpool Care Pathway. The new investigation will examine how hospitals have received tens of millions of pounds to … Continue reading
The reports last week of Kane Gorny’s final hours beggared belief. The 22-year-old had been admitted to one of the UK’s top teaching hospitals for hip replacement surgery, but within three days he’d died of thirst, after medical staff ignored … Continue reading
Police have arrested three female NHS workers over allegations that they assaulted vulnerable and frail elderly patients on a hospital ward. The arrests came after student nurses reported concerns that a number of patients were being abused physically and verbally … Continue reading
A nurse roughed up dementia patients, branded them ‘disgusting’ and threatened to strangle a woman with a scarf, a hearing was told. Christina Cooper is accused of abusing four patients at the Connaught Care Home in Fulford, York. The Nursing … Continue reading
NHS doctors are prematurely ending the lives of thousands of elderly hospital patients because they are difficult to manage or to free up beds, a senior consultant claimed yesterday. Professor Patrick Pullicino said doctors had turned the use of a … Continue reading