More than 163,000 patients in England have endured delays of at least 18 weeks. This is up on the 32,000 in February 2020, the month before Covid rocked Britain.
The loss of a trusted doctor is never easy, and it’s an experience that is increasingly common.
The loss of a trusted doctor is never easy, and it’s an experience that is increasingly common.
TORONTO - Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones and her ministry are refusing to divulge the amount of money that seven patients in the province have been fined for not accepting transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing. A law enacted in 2022, known as Bill 7, requires hospitals to levy fines of $400 a day on patients who can be discharged but need long-term care and are refusing to go to a nursing home selected for them by a placement co-ordinator. The...
Christie Harnett died at West Lane Hospital, Middlesbrough, in June 2019. The Care Quality Commission has prosecuted the trust responsible for her care
While temporary staff are a 'vital resource' to plug workforce gaps, issues such as unfamiliarity with protocols and procedures mean they 'pose patient safety challenges' for the NHS, experts say.
Across the country, an average of 13,662 patients were stuck in hospital every day in February 2024 even though they were fit to be discharged.
In 2020, a dangerous pathogen swept the globe. The pandemic required government action, we were told, but the government of one nation was not enough. Even powerful governments (like that of the United States) worked with other governments to keep pandemic measures from being futile. In order to avoid a fatal lack of coordination, some
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George Eliot Hospital is struggling to discharge a large number of patients and this is impacting the beds it has available for others
A program that provides some patients acute-level care in their own home is now up and running at four Vancouver hospitals: Vancouver General, St. Paul's, Mount St. Joseph and the University of B.C. hospital.