Category Archives: hospital

Great-grandmother with Parkinson’s repeatedly left lying semi-naked in soiled bedding by carers in weeks before her death

September 6, 2014   Carers, Featured Article, hospital

By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline

Published: 12:41, 6 September 2014 | Updated: 16:39, 6 September 2014

Doris Paver, who is said to have died in squalid conditions at St James’s Hospital in Leeds after staff failed to monitor her care

  • Staff at St James’s Hospital failed to monitor the care given to Doris Paver
  • Claimed she was stripped of dignity and left semi-naked in soiled bedding 
  • Concerns also raised about her feeding tube and failure to control her pain
  • The 79-year-old also developed pressure ulcers and bed sores 
  • Family have been awarded a four-figure pay out after consulting solicitors
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust say they hope to learn from their failures

A great grandmother who suffered from Parkinson’s disease was repeatedly left semi-naked in soiled bedding by hospital carers in the weeks leading up to her death.

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Hospitals told to cut parking costs under new guidelines

August 23, 2014   Carers, family, Featured Article, hospital

Ministers said the relatives of people who are seriously ill or have to stay in hospital for a long time should be given free parking or reduced charges.

Concessions should also be offered to people with disabilities and NHS staff whose shift patterns mean they cannot use public transport.

Last month Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told MPs costs were “just too high”.

Patients and families shouldn’t have to deal with the added stress of unfair parking charges”

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NHS patient groups warn more doctor assistants may be ‘healthcare on cheap’

August 22, 2014   Carers, Featured Article, hospital

Physician associates will have two years of intensive training, as opposed to seven years completed by fully fledged doctors

 

  • theguardian.com,
  • The NHS physician associates will provide support for the diagnosis and management of patients. Photograph: Christopher Thomond

    The government is launching a recruitment drive to hire more doctors‘ assistants to try to help take pressure off a straining NHS under plans announced on Thursday.

    The physician associates will have two years of intensive training instead of the seven completed by doctors, and will provide support in the diagnosis and management of patients in hospitals.

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