Most facilities that care for children, such as a school, or that look after the elderly as happens in a care home, are subject to inspections from time to time, whether the establishment operates under government management or is a private concern. There is usually a government watchdog in place which tries to oversee institutions that are given the responsibility […]
The CQC Find Bed Sore Concerns in a Tyneside Care Home
The CQC Puts Dorset Care Home in Special Measures
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has placed an East Dorset Home belonging to the Waypoints Care Group in special measures after an unsatisfactory inspection report at the end of last year. The inspection revealed numerous health and safety issues at the care home, including the unsatisfactory treatment of pressure sores amongst elderly residents. Pressure sores, or bed sores as they […]
Revolving Doors Favour Sacked NHS Bosses After Bed Sore Debacle
A recent independent report revealed that the board of Liverpool Community Health (LCH) NHS Trust took part in a drive to cut costs which ended up in patients suffering serious harm, including suffering from a significant number of bedsores. Despite the injuries that were caused, the NHS bosses, who earned 6 figure salaries, were removed from their jobs but were […]
Road To Treating Pressure Sores a Reality in the North East
If you have complete faith in our health system and you hear about pressure sores being mentioned you probably just think it’s just one of those medical conditions that’s hard to treat. You would probably turn a blind eye if you hear complaints in the media about the frightening incidences of pressure sores, thinking it’s just an exaggeration by the […]
Recognising the Signs of Pressure Sores in a Loved One
Unfortunately, there are times when you have to take extra precautions to ensure that your elderly relative is being looked after properly if he or she is in a residential care facility or hospital. Some signs that things are not as good as they should be are easy to spot on a casual visit, but others are much harder. If […]
Could the SEM Scanner Reduce Pressure Sore Incidence to Zero?
The use of the SEM scanner to help identify pressure sores in people most at risk has been available for use for some time now in Britain and its use was the subject of an earlier blog on this site this year. The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has just been awarded Patient Safety Award of the year for their […]
Pressure Sore Treatment Lacked Urgency at St Peter’s Hospital
An inquest into the untimely death of an elderly grandmother at St. Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey has heard from a senior physician at another hospital that the treatment plan which may have prevented her death “lacked urgency”. The 87 year old lady died on 1st July last year (2016) from sepsis which was due to an untreated pressure sore on […]
Did Pressure Sores Contribute to a Patient’s Death in a Hackney Hospital?
What seems to be substandard care at an East London hospital may have resulted in an elderly patient’s untimely death as well as him being wrongly marked for cremation despite his family’s express wishes for burial. 88 year old Barsey Spencer, a migrant from Jamaica in the 1950s, died in the Royal London Hospital and his daughter believes that untended […]
Too Late For Mrs Forrester – The Diary of a Welsh Pressure Sore Tragedy
An inquest into the death of a Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy, care home resident due to complications from pressure sore sepsis has concluded that the death was due to negligence at the home. Halewood Home is now closed, but the death last year of 80 year old Mrs. Forrester prompted concerns for the other residents at the home before it closed and […]
Pressure Sores More Common Because of NHS Staffing Cuts
A recent news article revealed that NHS nurses are leaving the profession in larger numbers than ever before. Amongst other things this appears to be affecting the number of patients who develop potentially dangerous pressure sores. One of the reasons for this is that the nursing shortages are so critical that patients who are incapacitated are often left to wet […]
Can New Technology Really Reduce Pressure Sore Incidence?
Pressure sores lead to more deaths in the U.K. than any form of cancer, except lung cancer. It’s not just the human cost but it’s the financial drain on an already hard pressed National Health Service, too. It has been estimated that the NHS spends more than 2.1 billion pounds on dealing with pressure sores, either monitoring them, or treating […]
Bed Sores Ruin a British Couple’s Caribbean Cruise
Recently, a British father was left in a dirty hospital on the brink of death following a Caribbean cruise and he claims he was forced to suffer from bed sores (also called pressure sores or pressure ulcers) as he was tied to his bed. Cruises through the Caribbean Islands are never cheap and ending up in a dirty hospital with […]