‘A patient lay dead for up to four-and-a-half hours before being spotted at one of the busiest A&E departments in the country, inspectors have revealed. A review of North Middlesex University Hospital by the Care Quality Commission also found there were too few competent doctors who were able to assess and treat patients at night.’
BBC News, 6th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Midwives have called for renewed efforts to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) after more than 1,200 cases were recorded across England in just three months. This includes 11 Britons who were identified as being subject to FGM.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A violent prisoner in HMP Preston who threw boiling water in the face of a nurse today had his sentence increased to 11 years in jail.’
Attorney General’s Office, 27th April 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘A dental nurse who gave her friend a facelift despite not being qualified to do so has been struck off.’
BBC News, 15 February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Moyo v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2015] EWHC 3547 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 555
‘In fitness to practise hearings there was no formal burden or standard of proof at the sanction stage of the proceedings; rather it was for the panel to use its own professional judgment to decide what sanction would be proportionate in order to protect the public interest, which included: (1) protection of patients and others; (2) maintenance of public confidence in the professions and the regulatory body; and (3) declaring and upholding proper standards of conduct and behaviour.’
WLR Daily, 10th December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A doctor and an agency nurse who “seriously neglected” a six-year-old boy who died in hospital have been sentenced for his manslaughter.’
BBC News, 14th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two nurses have been jailed for “playing with people’s lives” by falsifying vulnerable stroke patients’ vital medical tests.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former Broadmoor hospital worker has been jailed for eight months for selling stories to the Sun about notorious patients, including the Yorkshire Ripper.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘EU rules governing the checks that UK authorities can make on doctors still have major weaknesses seven years after a patient safety scandal revealed catastrophic flaws in the system, according to Britain’s medical regulator.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A nurse who injected her mother with insulin as she lay in hospital after a fall has been jailed for 14 years for attempted murder.’
BBC News, 6th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An agency nurse has been found guilty of causing the death of a six-year-old boy by gross negligence.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Doctors, nurses, midwives and teachers are now legally required to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary measures and could ultimately lead to them being barred from working.’
BBC News, 31st October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The case against two hospital nurses accused of wilfully neglecting vulnerable patients has collapsed.’
BBC News, 14th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A nurse who was jailed for amassing a hoard of ammunition and explosives has been struck off.’
BBC News, 16th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Legal professional privilege can be qualified in the “rare circumstances” where it is necessary to impose a requirement that other people are present at discussions between lawyers and clients, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A mental health nurse at Broadmoor hospital who sold stories about patients has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 27th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Migrants who have spent more than five years working in the country will be required to earn £35,000 per year or else face deportation, according to a policy that comes into effect in April next year. The policy, announced in 2012 by British Home Secretary Theresa May, has been criticised this week by the Royal College of Nursing. They predicted chaos in the health service, and urged the Home Office to add nursing to the list of occupations exempt from the rules and reconsider the salary threshold.’
Full story
The Guardian, 24th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘New immigration rules that will mean lower-earning non-EU workers being deported will exacerbate the shortage of nurses in the UK and cost the NHS tens of millions in recruitment, the government has been warned by nursing leaders.’
The Guardian, 22nd June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A nurse convicted of murdering two patients at the hospital where he worked has launched an appeal against his conviction.’
BBC News, 16th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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