NHS pressures causing avoidable harm to 500 patients a year – report
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NHS pressures causing avoidable harm to 500 patients a year – report

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/19/nhs-pressures-causing-avoidable-harm-to-500-patients-a-year-report By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Unmanageable hospital workloads exposing people to increased risks, regulator finds Patients in England are being harmed because doctors and nurses are too busy to enforce directives designed to improve safety, a scathing report by the NHS regulator has found. People in hospital are exposed to increased risk, including…

More than 200 suicides recorded at mental health units over seven years
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More than 200 suicides recorded at mental health units over seven years

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/14/more-than-200-suicides-recorded-at-mental-health-units-over-seven-years By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Care Quality Commission figures show overall number falling but more women have begun taking their own lives than men More than 200 patients killed themselves in mental health units over seven years, new figures have revealed, prompting concern about the safety and quality of care. Data…

UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk

UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk

ByMatthew Betteridge

More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, seized as agency warns consumers against using them More than 100 HIV home-testing kits have been seized by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) amid fears over their reliability. The agency believes it has seized all stock of the Hightop HIV/Aids…