Monthly Archives: February 2012

Recently, the “Good Care Guide” has been launched on the web, which put in its simplest form, acts as a “trip advisor” for care homes and agencies around the country.  It enables individuals to provide feedback on the level of care they have found at various homes and institutions around the country. In a recent letter to the Daily Telegraph, 21 public figures, including the Care Minister…

I commented a while ago on the outbreak of pseudomonas at a Maternity Hospital in Belfast. Tests carried out on water samples from the Craigavon Area Hospital and the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen have also now proved positive. Thankfully, the neonatal units have reported that the infection has not spread to infants, although two at the Craigavon Hospital are colonised; namely that whilst they…

The Royal College of GPs heaps more pressure on the Government over the planned reform of the NHS. The healthcare reforms have had a turbulent time through the passage of Parliament, and the latest calls for the Bill to be scrapped, comes on the back of a series of amendments opposed to the Bill on Wednesday of this week.   Part of the changes include the fact that the Health Secretary should…

A report has indicated that patients are much more likely to die if they are admitted to hospital at weekends, rather than in the week.

The Times reports that Professor Domenica Pagano of University Hospital Birmingham, is quoted as saying, “These results are conclusive evidence that confirm previous reports of increased 30 day mortality risk for patients admitted to hospital with…