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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.
North West Air Ambulance crews came to the rescue once again after an accident occurred on a busy A road just outside Chester. A motorcyclist had to receive emergency treatment after being dismounted from his bike during rush hour.
A 61-year old man, who was hit by a car and sustained life-changing injuries as a result, has been awarded a huge settlement figure of £2 million. The accident occurred when a car pulled out in front of him on a busy A road and he suffered a major brain injury as a result of the accident.
A Mutating flu epidemic and an ageing population is putting a huge strain on Hospital A&E waiting times. Hospitals are struggling to cope with the sick as waiting times in England are announced as being the worst in a decade.