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Eyes down for hospital food bingo game
(BBC 17/09/2009)
An NHS hospital patient disgusted by the food has put photographs online and challenged friends to identify meals in a game of "hospital food bingo". But just as he struggled to identify meals without the menu card, his friends "kept getting it wrong", said the patient at a South West hospital. "Everything is minced and slushy and overcooked," the 47-year-old, who does not want to be identified, said.
Would sharing funds end bed-blocking?
(BBC 19/08/2009)
Hospital doctor Andrew Whitehouse says the solution to 'bed-blocking' by elderly patients is to merge health and social care budgets.Hospital doctor Andrew Whitehouse says the solution to 'bed-blocking' by elderly patients is to merge health and social care budgets. Just to be clear; it costs about £700 a day to keep a patient in hospital, and about £700 a week for a decent full-time nursing home placement, far less for residential care and less still for a package of home care.
Call for improved hospital stays
(BBC 13/05/2009)
The NHS still has a long way to go to ensure hospital stays are as good as they should be, the regulator says. The Care Quality Commission poll of more than 72,000 people showed that 93% of patients in England rated care as good, very good or excellent overall. But the survey also revealed they continue to be frustrated by the so-called softer aspects of care such as food, noise and delays. The regulator said these problems had dogged the NHS for the past few years.
Hospital tea bar volunteers wake up and smell the Aroma as NHS bosses trial new high street-style coffee bars
(The Scotsman 26/04/2009)
THEY are an institution across the NHS, having served up tea, ham rolls and sympathy to patients and relatives for decades. But the traditional hospital charity tea bar is under threat from new Starbucks-style coffee shops being set up to replace the tea urns with "high street quality" lattes, cappuccinos and muffins.
Wales warning on hospital beds
(BBC 22/04/2009)
A Welsh medical union has warned that patients' lives are being put at risk because of vanishing hospital beds. Assembly government statistics show that the total number of NHS beds in Wales is falling while the percentage of bed occupancy has increased. British Medical Association (BMA) Cymru Wales said the situation caused strain for staff and affected patient welfare.
NHS opens its first private hotel for patients' families
(The Independent 19/04/2009)
My hotel room came with all the luxuries you'd expect of a penthouse suite: panoramic views; flat-screen TV; large ensuite bathroom, and enough space to host a small cocktail party. I could be in one of many expensive hotel chains across the country. Instead, I am a guest at the first privately owned, money-spinning NHS hotel on top of the internationally renowned Jimmy's - St James's Hospital - in Leeds.
Family of hospital patient praise whistleblower nurse
(Telegraph 18/04/2009)
The family of a pensioner treated at the hospital where "appalling" levels of care were secretly filmed has pledged its support for the whistleblower nurse struck off for making the programme.
Complaints against nurses rise 44 per cent
(Telegraph 18/04/2009)
Serious complaints against nurses have risen by more than 40 per cent in a decade according to new figures. Patients groups said the increased number of cases of alleged misconduct and incompetence referred to regulators was just "the tip of the iceberg" and reflected the plummeting standards of patient care in hospitals across the country.
Secret filming nurse struck off
(BBC 16/04/2009)
A nurse who secretly filmed for the BBC to reveal the neglect of elderly patients at a hospital has been struck off for misconduct. Margaret Haywood, 58, filmed at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton for a BBC Panorama programme in July 2005. She was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council on Thursday after being a nurse for more than 20 years. The panel said she "followed the behest of the filmmakers... rather than her obligations as a nurse".
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