Nic Marko Local Democracy Reporting Service Google The Rowan Suite maternity unit at Hartlepool Hospital became fully operational in 2020 A pause in the delivery of babies at a hospital, caused by staff shortages and illness, is being reviewed monthly by health chiefs. The midwife-led Rowan Suite maternity unit at the University Hospital of Hartlepool … Read more
Katy Prickett BBC News, Cambridgeshire Jozef Hall/BBC Staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital raised concerns about care provided by their colleague The care received by 800 patients at a world-renowned NHS hospital is to be reviewed by expert clinicians after a specialist surgeon was suspended. Last month, it was reported the orthopaedic surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, … Read more
Lawyers for convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby have applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to investigate her case as a potential miscarriage of justice, the organisation said. Letby, now 35, is serving 15 whole life prison sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others – including … Read more
The Southern Health Trust says the move is not out of concern but to provide extra assurance. Source link
Katharine Jenner, director of the Obesity Health Alliance, a coalition of 40 organisations, said axing measures in the strategy would “not help the cost of living crisis in the short term, and in the long term would lead to serious consequences for our health, our economy and our NHS”. Source link
Image copyright Getty Images The use of do-not-attempt-resuscitate (DNAR) orders is to be reviewed after a number were wrongly applied in care homes at the start of the pandemic. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will investigate concerns that some care homes still have blanket orders in place covering groups of residents. It became clear that … Read more