Articles on safety compromised

80% of NHS workers warn patient safety hit by lack of staff

By NHS Support Federation | 18th March 2018

Full Story in The Guardian 18 March 2018 A huge majority of NHS workers say they are worried about staffing … Read more

Children treated across UK as there are no Derbyshire mental health beds for children

By NHS Support Federation | 18th March 2018

Full Story in Derbyshire Telegraph 18 March 2018 Children in Derbyshire who need an NHS mental health bed are being … Read more

Rising infant mortality rate in England and Wales causing concern

By NHS Support Federation | 15th March 2018

More babies are dying within a year of being born, in a “disturbing reversal” of several decades of the NHS’s … Read more

‘Urgently investigate 10,000 additional deaths’ in the first weeks of 2018, government told

By NHS Support Federation | 15th March 2018

Full Story in The Independent 15 March 2018 Experts have called on the Government to explain why there were more than 10,000 … Read more

Judicial review into A&E closure given the green light.

By NHS Support Federation | 15th March 2018

Full story at HSJ 15 March 2018 A High Court judge has granted a judicial review for campaigners opposing the … Read more

Health of children and young people must be prioritised by NHS

By NHS Support Federation | 14th March 2018

Full Story in BMJ 14 March 2018 Children and young people are a quarter of our population1 but 100% of … Read more

CQC report finds Leicester hospital services ‘need to improve’

By NHS Support Federation | 14th March 2018

Full Story in Leicester Mercury 14 March 2018 Leicester’s Hospitals have been told they need to improve services in the … Read more

Labour says NHS hospitals ran out of children’s intensive care beds more than a thousand times this winter

By NHS Support Federation | 13th March 2018

Full Story in The Independent 13 March 2018 The equivalent of ten children’s intensive care units a day are unable … Read more

Two-thirds of NHS say patient safety getting worse

By NHS Support Federation | 12th March 2018

Full Story in The Guardian 12 March 2018 Nearly two-thirds of doctors believe patient safety has deteriorated over the past … Read more

Care Quality Commission says Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust ‘requires improvement’

By NHS Support Federation | 9th March 2018

Full Story in Kent Online 9 March 2018 The trust in charge of hospitals in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells has … Read more