Lady with dementia found dead in a ditch yards away from scandal-hit Stoke Mandeville Hospital after being allowed to wander off her ward
Violet Burtons body was discovered only a quarter of a mile from the grounds of Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
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Anger after scandal hit-care home where workers were filmed abusing elderly dementia sufferer bans relatives from installing hidden cameras
A scandal-hit care home where staff were secretly filmed abusing an elderly dementia patient has banned relatives installing any more hidden cameras.
NHS problems ‘at their worst since 1990s’
Services in the NHS in England are deteriorating in a way not seen since the early 1990s, according to a leading health think tank.
People with dementia in hospital struggling with undiagnosed pain, study finds
The frequency of pain experienced by people with dementia in hospital may be dramatically underreported, according to new research from UCL published in the journal PAIN today (25 March 2015).
Air pollution ‘link to stroke risk’
Air pollution is linked to an increased risk of stroke, a large global study in the British Medical Journal suggests.
Penrose blood contamination inquiry report published
A long-awaited report by a Scottish inquiry into the contamination of blood supplies between 1970 and 1991 is due to be published.
Repeated antibiotic use linked to diabetes
People who need treating with repeated courses of antibiotics may be at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers have found.
NHS approach to obesity inexplicable, say MPs
MPs say it is “inexplicable” that the NHS in England spends more on bariatric surgery than well-established measures to prevent obesity.
People with dementia need care at end of their lives
Dementia is a terminal illness and nearly 5,000 people every year die from it in Scotland.
Hospital staff absences for mental health reasons double
Staff absences for mental health problems have doubled at hospital trusts across England in the past four years.