NHS watchdog faces 'cover-up' claim
England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings over a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says. Read more ...
England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings over a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says. Read more ...
Chris Brown seems to be in a pretty good mood lately, buoyed by the release of "Don't Think They Know," a track which features vocals from the late, great Aaliyah. In the music video for the song, Brown plays the role of a grand unifier, bringing together Los Angeles' Bloods and Crips by walking around and singing a song about a relationship. Read more ...
NHS watchdog suppressed internal review into unit where police are also investigating deaths [...] Read more ...
Supermarkets and some food producers agree to nutritional labels but critics call for refuseniks 'to be named and shamed' [...] Read more ...
The NHS could save more than £1 billion a year if the Government matched Dutch levels of spending on cycle provision, health experts claim [...] Read more ...
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Ministers are considering a ban on face-down restraint in English mental hospitals as figures show the technique is being widely used. Read more ...
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The NHS watchdog accused of a covering up its failure to investigate a maternity unit where babies died through neglect is still not “fully set up” to properly inspect hospitals, its chairman has admitted. Read more ...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.The new findings by the IMS Institute for [...] Read more ...
The REC has been informed by the Government Procurement Service (GPS) that the tender for the Allied Health Professionals and Health Science Services Framework Agreement has been launched via the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). Read more ...
Ministers consider giving new boards financial responsibility for the first time [...] Read more ...
Trafford leader issues austerity warning | Osborne fails to curb pensions bill [...] Read more ...
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The NHS watchdog conducted a “cover-up” in which senior officials ordered that evidence of its failure to prevent a scandal at a hospital maternity unit be destroyed, a report will disclose tomorrow. Read more ...
Individuals must be held to account for their actions and the whole truth must now emerge, said Mr Hunt, in a statement to MPs, [...] Read more ...
James Titcombe, whose son Joshua died nine days after his birth, is among parents struggling to fathom NHS trust's failings [...] Read more ...
Department for Work and Pensions administered tests and threatened to withdraw benefits if they were not completed [...] Read more ...
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Care Quality Commission is accused of deliberately suppressing a review that highlighted weaknesses in its inspections of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust [...] Read more ...
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Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one year. Read more ...
A new food labelling system will help people in Northern Ireland make healthier choices on the food they eat. Read more ...
British capitalism is dysfunctional, and policy-makers have done little since the crisis began to repair it. This isn't (just) my opinion, but that of some monetary policy committee members. Today's minutes show that some thought that: the benefits of further [...] Read more ...
Managers and officials who "covered up" the NHS watchdog's failure to investigate a scandal-hit hospital maternity unit should be named, ministers and victims' families have said. Read more ...
Young adults overwhelmingly value health insurance and don't believe they are too healthy to need it, according to survey data published Wednesday. The findings of the poll by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation could have significant implications for the prospects of President Barack Obama's health care reform law. Read more ...
Government officials have missed several deadlines in setting up new health-insurance exchanges for small businesses and consumers—a key part of the federal health overhaul—and there is a risk they won't be ready to open on time in October, Congress's watchdog arm said. Read more ...
The problem is that US health care costs too much. The solution could be telling people what they're paying for, if only the government would come clean. We know that Americans spend more money on health care than anyone else: Part of the reason is that most Americans don't pay for their health care directly [...] Read more ...
