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 […]
Recognising the Signs of Pressure Sores in a Loved One
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pressure Sores are More of a Risk for Dementia Patients
Patients that have dementia face health risks that many other people with chronic illnesses do not. One of the problems that dementia sufferers face which is potentially preventable is the development of pressure sores. These are also commonly known as bed sores or pressure ulcers and as the name suggests are caused when people lie prone on their bed for […]
Inadequate Patient Risk Assessment Can Lead to a Pressure Sores Personal Injury Claim
It may surprise you that in this era of medical advances and accountability that more than 500,000 people every year will be inflicted with a pressure sore, also called a bedsore, in the U.K. alone. The NHS has estimated that about 5% of people who are admitted to hospital with a sudden illness will develop a pressure sore at some […]
Claim for Pressure Sores
Thousands of people develop pressure sores also known as bed sores each year while in hospital or private nursing care. Most people don`t realise that they can claim compensation for the pain and suffering caused by the pressure sores and accordingly pressure sore or bed sore claims are increasing as people become aware that they are entitled to claim compensation […]
What Are Pressure Sores and How Do They Occur?
At some time or other you have probably heard people mention pressure sores, but not known exactly what they are. You may even have an elderly relative who is bed ridden and has pressure sores due to lack of mobility. They do have a more commonly used name and that is bed sores and sometimes they are referred to as […]
Pressure Sores Not the Only Problem in Cornwall Care Home Scandal
It seems that it was only an undercover investigation by BBC’s Panorama reporters that led to four residential homes for the elderly run by the Morleigh Group in Cornwall being rated as inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The undercover reporting and subsequent visits by CQC inspectors uncovered horrifying conditions at the four Cornwall homes, including pressure sores, urine […]
The ‘Stop the Pressure’ Campaign
One of the indicators of a properly functioning health service is the incidence of pressure sores, also called pressure ulcers or bed sores. These are mainly avoidable through monitoring and preventative action, yet continue to be an infliction for tens of thousands of vulnerable people across the U.K. and also a huge cost to the National Health Service in terms […]