The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), a technique used to alleviate suffering in the final stages of a person’s life, is to be phased out following a review that heard hospital staff wrongly interpreted its guidance, leading to claims of patients who were drugged and deprived of liquids.
Monday 15 July 2013
It is now clear that the "one or two mistakes" were in fact overwhelming problems, but phasing out the LCP still leaves the problems it was created to resolve
Saturday 13 July 2013
The results of an independent review show concerns raised by family members over the care of their dying loved ones
Thursday 04 July 2013
Hospital and care home managers who allow neglect and abuse to take place on their watch could face criminal prosecution and unlimited fines under new Government plans designed to restore trust in the health service after a series of high profile NHS scandals.
Saturday 04 May 2013
Hundreds of care home providers are struggling with the sector's £5bn debt mountain
Tuesday 22 January 2013
The number of suicides in the UK rose "significantly" in 2011, official figures revealed today, with the rate of men taking their own lives reaching its highest level for nearly a decade.
Monday 10 December 2012
The new plans could lead to fines – or even prison sentences – for directors who fail to safeguard vulnerable patients in homes which they run
Monday 03 December 2012
Tory politician ‘had been depressed the day before fatal attack’, says neighbour
Saturday 01 December 2012
Care homes could be regulated to prevent a repeat of the Southern Cross crisis.
Wednesday 04 July 2012
The Government is pressing ahead with plans to mutualise Post Offices, saying the proposals were supported by staff and the public.
Saturday 04 February 2012
Energy Secretary resigns from Government after being charged with perverting course of justice
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