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06
Sep 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

Ambulance chiefs criticised by Health Secretary over ‘unacceptable’ delays in ambulance handovers

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has summoned the bosses of the six worst-performing NHS trusts – Cornwall, Gloucester, Plymouth, Leicester, Birmingham and Worcester – for a discussion over ambulance handover delays.   Following weeks of stories emerging about elderly people enduring waits of up to 40 hours for an ambulance and then being stuck outside hospital,…

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26
Aug 2022

Section: Employer Services

Barrister subject to discrimination over gender critical beliefs

In the recent case of Bailey v Stonewall Equality Ltd and Others ET/2202172/2020 the employment tribunal held that a barrister was subject to direct discrimination and victimisation by her chambers due to her gender critical philosophical beliefs. Allison Bailey is a criminal barrister and worked at Garden Court Chambers. In 2019, Ms Bailey co-founded the…

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23
Aug 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

South West ambulance service delays in hand overs ‘risk patient lives’

An ambulance service has warned patient lives are at risk due to long delays in handovers.   The director of South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said bed-blocking was the reason for delays in transferring patients from an ambulance to hospital and a spokesperson said it was “soul-destroying” for their paramedics.   An official…

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23
Aug 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

Midwives ‘buckling’ under pressure due to ‘plummeting’ numbers

The Royal College of Midwives has warned that ‘plummeting’ midwives risk the health of staff, mothers and babies, adding that more investment in maternity services was needed to ensure the safety and quality of care.   Dr Suzannel Tyler, executive director of the RCM, said midwives and maternity support workers were “buckling with the sheer…

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23
Aug 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

Essex nurse struck off after giving placebo to brain tumour patient

A nurse who gave sugar and water to a brain tumour patient instead of morphine has been struck off.   A misconduct hearing was told that Vijayan Rajoo, a nurse at St Fillians care home in Colchester, felt the patient did not need the pain relief.   A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel said the…

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23
Aug 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

CQC report finds emergency care across West Yorkshire under ‘continued pressure’

The Care Quality Commission has said improvements are needed to reduce pressure on emergency and urgent care across West Yorkshire.   Inspectors found that services were under ‘continued pressure’ and people had experienced delays accessing emergency care as a result.  The report also found that there were issues with capacity and staffing, while some services…

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