Healthcare provider prosecuted after patient death
A national healthcare provider has been fined £100,000 after an elderly patient died at a private hospital in High Wycombe. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted BMI Healthcare Limited for safety failings that led to the death of Michael Walsh, 85, from...One in 20 hospital beds are occupied by someone with a smoking-related illness
There were 460,000 hospital admissions in England for illnesses attributed to smoking Last year 816,000 set a quit date with NHS Stop Smoking Services One in every 20 hospital beds are taken up by someone with a smoking-related illness, figures revealed yesterday....NHS hospital trusts invited to expand abroad
High-profile NHS hospitals in England are to be encouraged by the government to set up profit-making branches abroad to help fund services in the UK. An agency will aim to link hospitals such as Great Ormond Street with foreign governments that want access to...Ladder fall lands Barrow MP John Woodcock in hospital
Barrow and Furness MP John Woodock has spent the night in hospital after falling off a ladder at his home. The Labour MP told followers on the social networking site Twitter that he had been taken to accident and emergency after being “an eejit”. He...Outdoor advertising giant prosecuted for safety failings following serious injury in Bristol
Outdoor advertising company Clear Channel UK Ltd has been fined after an employee’s hand was caught in a petrol-powered lawn mower in Bristol. In a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Bristol Magistrates Court today (20 August) heard...Want to Chat?
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