Royal Oldham Hospital: Attempted murder charge after nurse stabbed

Royal Oldham Hospital: Attempted murder charge after nurse stabbed

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a nurse was stabbed at a hospital and left with life-changing injuries. Rumon Haque, 37, has also been charged with possession of a bladed article after the incident at about 23:30 GMT on Saturday at Royal Oldham Hospital’s acute medical unit. The nurse, a woman in … Read more

Oldham hospital stabbing: Nurse attacked in acute medical ward

Oldham hospital stabbing: Nurse attacked in acute medical ward

Geograph/David Dixon The staff member, aged in her 50s, was attacked at Royal Oldham Hospital A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a nurse was seriously injured in a stabbing at a hospital. The woman, aged in her 50s, was left with life-changing injuries in the attack at Royal Oldham Hospital’s … Read more

Rising NHS physician associate use questioned after Oldham death

Rising NHS physician associate use questioned after Oldham death

BBC/Brijesh Patel Roy Pollitt thought his late wife was being treated by a doctor rather than a physician associate A man whose wife died after a drain was mistakenly left in her abdomen for 21 hours has condemned the increased use of physician associates (PAs) within the National Health Service. Susan Pollitt’s inquest concluded her … Read more