Monthly Archives: February 2012

£100,000 of TAXPAYERS’ money blown on empty NHS advice centre and taxpayers will pay for it for a further EIGHT years unless a new tenant is found NHS bosses have wasted more than £100,000 of taxpayers’ money renting an empty … Continue reading →

‘I was gnawed by a rat in my hospital bed’: Patient’s horror after nurses find rodent with teeth sunk into his neck A vulnerable patient was bitten by a rat more than a dozen times as he lay sedated in … Continue reading →

Lack of screening kills young mother When Wendy Campbell’s daughter Cathy was diagnosed with abnormal cervical cells, she told her not to worry. Mrs Campbell herself had also had abnormal cells at the age of 25 and was successfully treated. … Continue reading →

Life-saving new cancer drugs are being held back In Britain so the Government can save money The head of Britain’s biggest drugs company has accused the Government of systematically delaying the introduction of new cancer drugs in order to save … Continue reading →

Cancer patient dies alone in hotel room after hospital sends him there to free up beds The claim that the infection was so sudden that he had no time to call for help seems pretty fishy A cancer patient died … Continue reading →

Elderly patients being killed by “chemical cosh” drugs This is murder Elderly people in nursing homes with dementia run double the risk of dying from certain ‘chemical cosh’ drugs, warn researchers. Alarm bells have been sounded about the dangers of … Continue reading →

Urgent inquiry called after investigation uncovers doctors ‘agreeing to abort babies for being the wrong sex’ Health Secretary Andrew Lansley last night launched an urgent investigation after it emerged that doctors were offering mothers abortions based purely on the gender … Continue reading →

Elderly ignored and treated as ‘objects’ in care system NHS nurses and care workers should sign up to a new code of conduct which guarantees that elderly patients are treated with dignity and respect and not simply treated as ‘objects’, … Continue reading →

The past is another country in Britain GPs visited at night. Nurses knew your name. Is this why a series about Fifties midwives has struck such a nerve? On Sunday night, the first series of Call The Midwife ended on … Continue reading →

Useless British ambulance service: They just don’t make an effort if there are any difficulties Did faulty satnav stop 999 crew from saving my son’s life? Tragedy of boy, 9, who died after ambulance was delayed on way to hospital … Continue reading →