The Background: Jess’s Story In December 2020, 27-year-old Jessica Brady was admitted to hospital with stage 4 cancer and passed away shortly afterwards. In the five months leading up to her death, Jess attended twenty consultations with her GP practice, all of which had failed to correctly identify her condition. It was only when she… Read More »
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that their investigations continue into the practice of an orthopaedic surgeon, who is not being named for legal reasons. As a precautionary measure, the Trust restricted the surgeon’s clinical practice in 2024 pending the outcome of an initial external review. This initial external review was completed in January… Read More »
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 »
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 »