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Prue Leith has been drafted in by the Prime Minister to help end the hospital food scandal Prue Leith has been drafted in by the Prime Minister to help end the hospital food scandal. The Bake Off judge will front a ‘root and branch’ review setting strict national standards following the deaths of six patients … Read more
More than 71,000 patients were taken back to hospital last year just a day after they were sent home, figures have revealed. The number of readmissions soared by a third in four years, figures revealed, with experts blaming a severe shortage of hospital beds. They are concerned patients are being sent home before they have … Read more
Hospital privacy curtains are breeding grounds for deadly superbugs such as MRSA University of Michigan experts studied curtains found on 625 specialist wards Around one in five of them – 22% – were harbouring MRSA or other killer bacteria The findings are concerning because privacy curtains are used around the world By Victoria Allen for the … Read more
Boston Children’s Hospital is suing a Saudi Arabian prince for $3.5 million in medical bills for a child whose care he offered to pay for. Prince Abdelilah bin Abdelaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Faisal Al Saud is being sued for allegedly dodging charges related to a two-year-old Saudi girl. The little girl suffers from type 1 spinal … Read more