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A dentist, who tried to fit a bridge in a London branch of the fast-food restaurant, has been struck off the dentists register. The incident happened in 2012 after relationships with her practice manager broke down and she was forced to find an alternative venue to practice.
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital, has more than 215 nursing vacancies at present and has had to take drastic action by calling in Army medics to help fill the vacancies. The Hospital has been in special measures since 2013 and has been plagued with bad press such as stories about staff being pressurised into changing cancer waiting times.
In April 2007 a mother experienced her worse nightmare when a ‘traumatic’ birth led to complications for her baby daughter whose brain was starved of oxygen. Her baby sustained severe brain damage as a result of the lack of oxygen and an investigation, into the events leading up to and including the birth, found NHS Trust staff to be negligent.
Hospital care isn’t just about what medical treatment you receive within their four walls; hospital staff have a duty of care to ensure you get home safely and make sure you have a care plan organised in the form of nurse visits or support from friends of family to ensure you are safe and to help you recuperate. This is particularly important when dealing with vulnerable individuals like the elderly who need to be closely monitored. A NHS Hospital is now being investigated after claims an 83-year-old woman was taken home and left alone without any community nurses to check on her safety and wellbeing or contacting family.
A young woman has been awarded £3 million pounds by a Supreme Court after it was agreed her County Council should take responsibility for her accident. The woman in question suffered a catastrophic brain injury when she was only 10 years old whilst having a school swimming lesson at a local pool.
There have been claims in the press that the popularity of cosmetic surgery is on the decline according to recently published figures. But if you delve deeper into the statistics there are reasons for this apparent decline and reasons to expect a very different set of figures for 2015.
A woman from Wallasey has appeared on C5 Botched Bodies to expose her embarrassing problem with her teeth. The 42 year old knew that her teeth were not in a good state but was not quite prepared for the feedback from dental professionals who declared her mouth a ‘bombsite’.
We have become a nation of people that like to regularly publicise what we are doing and the growth and popularity of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are testament to that.
Earlier this year we highlighted the problems faced by the overstretched A&E departments in our Hospitals, with some of them declaring a ‘major incident’ just to encourage less urgent issues being referred to GPs. Now it seems other departments are also struggling as more and more operations are cancelled.
Cosmetic surgery certification is step in right direction but not robust enough according to industry leaders. Ever since the PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) scandal, when thousands of women recieved inferior silicon implants, there has been increasing pressure on the cosmetic surgery industry to regulate itself.