Recently nurses at the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation have had a good reason to celebrate. In the last 19 months there have been no reports of patients suffering from severe pressure sores. In the department at the hospital which is responsible for the care of elderly and frail patients over the last 584 day no patient has […]
Positive Pressure Sore Outcomes at NHS Trust Hospital
Nurses at Great Western Hospital Show What Can be Done
Pressure sores or bed sores are regarded as one of the most expensive preventable health problems in Britain’s NHS. In the public health system alone it has been estimated that over 400,000 patients develop pressure sores every year and that figure doesn’t take into account the number of residents in care homes and residential homes who also suffer from this […]
Legal Action Possible After Northern Ireland Home Accused of Shocking Failure to Care for Elderly Residents
Possible legal action against government agencies in Northern Ireland charged with overseeing the standards at nursing homes in the province may be brought by families of residents at Dunmurry Manor. Dunmurry Manor, a residential home for elderly people and those with dementia is owned by an English company, Runwood Homes. A damning report of conditions at the home by the […]
NHS Hospitals in Wales Respond to Alarming Rise in Pressure Sores
There has been a rise in serious pressure sores throughout Welsh Health Boards by an alarming 500 per cent over the last four years and action has been called before the situation gets even worse. Pressure sores in hospitals are almost always caused by prolonged lying on a hospital bed without the ability to move position. A good prevention programme […]
The CQC Find Bed Sore Concerns in a Tyneside Care Home
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 […]
Developers of Bedsore Detecting SEM Scanner Win 2018 Innovative Technology Award
Anything that could revolutionize the early detection of pressure sores should be warmly welcomed by everyone who is involved in the health and aged care industry. The statistics for the amount of harm that pressure sores, or bedsores as they are also called, makes chilling reading. 400,000 people are treated for pressure sores every year in the U.K. alone. The […]
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 […]
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 […]