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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust fined by CQC

By | April 10, 2025
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On 27 January 2023, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was fined £800,000 by the Care Quality Commission after admitting it failed to provide safe care and treatment for a mother and her baby.  Wynter Andrews died 23 minutes after being born by emergency caesarean section on 15 September 2019 at Queen’s Medical Centre.  An investigation… Read More »

The human factor in patient safety

By | January 29, 2025
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There have been 2 medical news stories recently, both of which highlight the importance of the human factor in where things can go wrong. The first reported that the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman had used its powers for the first time to raise ‘serious concerns’ about University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.  The focus of… Read More »