Since 2022, hospitals like NNUH have increasingly adopted a new way of working called the Continuous Flow Model, in which patients are sent from A&E to wards and other areas even if they are full. They have done this to address soaring ambulance waits outside A&E as paramedics try to offload patients. In the UK, … Read more
Security officials at Burari Hospital after it received a bomb threat on May 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Ministry of Home Affairs issues official statement calling the threat emails a “hoax” Two hospitals in Delhi received bomb threats though email, days after over several schools in the national capital faced a similar scare. “An … Read more
For a midweek afternoon and evening shift, the agency charges trusts £91.45 per hour, 85% above what the nurse is paid, at £49.50 per hour. Our calculations indicate that for a single Friday shift the trust is charged almost £1,000, of which £539 goes to the nurse, and £400 goes to the agency. Source link
Hospital stocks fell up to 11% on Friday, witnessing their second successive decline following the Supreme Court’s diktat on cost rationalisation. The biggest loser on an intraday basis was Max Healthcare Institute which hit the day’s low of Rs 706.45 on the NSE. It was followed by Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services which plunged … Read more
The two hospitals in Nottingham are at the centre of a major inquiry into baby deaths and injuries. Source link
The government backs a plan to give patients access to a second opinion if their condition deteriorates. Source link
The outpatient ward at the Municipal Corporation Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Public hospitals in Kerala are paying a heavy price for the State government’s administrative inefficiency in running Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP), the health insurance scheme covering nearly 42 lakh families. The scheme that wins Kerala laurels from … Read more
Baby Nandi, 58, is waiting for her next chemotherapy session at the Cachar hospital clinic. Previously, she had to travel 2,000km (1,242 miles) for breast cancer treatment. The drugs alone cost $650 for one treatment cycle. She needed six cycles. Along with the travel and accommodation costs, her family’s finances were pushed to the brink. … Read more
NHS bosses make more than 20 requests for junior doctors to return to work on the first day of a strike. Source link
