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Deadly hospital gave itself top marks

Self-assessment procedure allowed foundation trust to award itself high marks despite high death toll and filthy conditions The Essex hospital condemned for excessive patient deaths and blood-spattered equipment was awarded high marks – 13 out of 14 – for "safety and cleanliness" in its annual health check report largely on the basis of a self-assessment form. No site inspection...

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Another catastrophic British hospital A hospital trust’s...

Another catastrophic British hospital A hospital trust’s “systemic failings” have led to neglect, poor nursing and deaths, regulators have found. Problems at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, included patients being left on dirty trolleys, high rates of infection and bedsores caused by poor hygiene and a lack of basic nursing care. Those contributed...

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Preview Of Obamacare? Hundreds of People Needlessly Die In British Government-Controlled Hospital

Ladies and Gentlemen. May I present the Obamacare version of the future of America: Poor nursing care, filthy wards and lack of leadership at Basildon and Thurrock University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust led to the deaths of up to 400 patients a year. Figures compiled by a health watchdog showed death rates at the Essex trust were a third higher than they should have been... At first glance you might...

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Hospital regulators under fire for failures at Essex hospital

Initial inspections praised hospital despite evidence of unusually high death rates among patients and unsanitary conditions The regulatory system that inspects NHS hospitals is ineffective and in need of urgent reform, the Patients Association has warned, following the belated exposure of hygiene and patient safety failures at an Essex hospital. The charity, which raises consumer concerns about the...

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Is it time to bury Foundation Trusts?

The latest “scandal” to hit the headlines is of course Basildon University Hospital , “ The way hospitals are regulated should be urgently reformed after a report found a catalogue of failings at two hospitals in Essex, a charity has said.” The Patients Association said people had been "appallingly" let down. The independent regulator highlighted an unusually high...

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Blood stain scandal hits two hospitals

An expert taskforce is to be sent into a hospital after inspectors uncovered a litany of grisly failings. They have been called in by watchdogs who found floors and curtains stained with blood, blood-spattered trays used to carry implements, soiled mattresses and mouldy breathing machines. Inspectors also highlighted higher-than-expected death rates at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS...

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England’s Hospital of Death

Just in time for the American “debate” on Obamacare comes the National Health Service scandal at Basildon Hospital, Essex, England, where the Government’s Care Quality Commission inspectors found filthy conditions — and 71 related deaths in the last year. “Government investigators had rated the Basildon University Hospital as ‘good’ in October. It received...

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Annals of Government Medicine

Hospital conditions in the United Kingdom are frequently appalling, but the Basildon and Thurrock University National Health Service Hospitals are especially bad, with hundreds of preventable deaths occurring yearly. The Telegraph headlines, "Hundreds of patients died needlessly at NHS hospital due to appalling care" : Poor nursing care, filthy wards and lack of leadership at Basildon and...

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The Virtues Of Socialized Medicine, Part 1: Bad Hospitals

This is the first post in what I hope will be a series, extolling the virtues of socialized healthcare. First in the series we have information about the state of hospitals in a country that has government-run healthcare. The once-great country known as England has socialized healthcare, as I am sure many readers are aware. Something else that England has, as a consequence of its socialized healthcare,...

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Hygiene inquiry into deaths at Essex NHS trust

Blood-stained floors, out-of-date equipment and apparent mould in machines found at Basildon and Thurrock hospitals trust An Essex NHS hospital trust that was found to have blood-splattered equipment and an unusually high death rate among patients is being investigated by health inspectors. Action is being taken against Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS foundation trust after an inspection...

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2 years in open prison for banker who stole £380,000

2 years in open prison for banker who stole £380,000 Uncle of meningitis sufferer jailed for stealing £315,000 from trust fund A banker who stole £315,000 from the trust fund of his five-year-old niece after she lost her limbs to meningitis has been sentenced to four years in prison. Ellie May Challis had hundreds of thousands donated into a trust following reports she had lost her...

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Paddock news and more 15038

If you're looking for my Legspin Blogs.... http://spinbowling-wrongun.blogspot.com/ http://spinbowling-legbreak.blogspot.com/ http://spinbowling-flipper.blogspot.com/ Quite a good weekend on the cricket front, Ben and Joe were involved in an Indoor game with their team Basildon against Horndon at Grays. This was their 2nd ever 6 aside indoor game, so I’d said before I left for work in the morning...

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Basildon Council trip to China

Next week I am going to China as part of a trade delegation. This includes representatives from Basildon Council, Chelmsford Council, Essex County Council and a number of Basildon and Essex businesses. Now, I am perfectly aware that one reaction on hearing ot such a trip is to assume that this is some sort of 'junket' designed for the pleasure of those travelling as opposed to the service of the public....

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Busy with life, diving is a blessing!

Since my last blog I must confess life has been pedal to the metal. Work has had to take the driving seat and it has been great fun too. The big event was our National Conference at the end of the month during which we presented an awesome proposition to the team. Big splash time though there can be no doubt the hard work is only just beginning . No diving in the sea or in any quarries for a couple...

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Viva Bas Vegas

We sent an Essex boy out in his neck of the woods, armed with only a camera and an eye for the ladies. His report reveals the dirt under the fingernails of one of Britain's classiest towns, Basildon.