Royal Blackburn Hospital MILLIONS of pounds in damages were paid out last year following serious mistakes in care at East Lancashire’s hospitals, damning new figures have revealed. Data from NHS Resolution, which handles such cases on behalf of the NHS, reveals 94 clinical negligence claims against East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust were successful in 2019-20. A total damages bill of £14.1 million was paid out in relation to these claims over the year, while further legal costs totalled £1.1 million. Successful claims against the trust were up 52 per cent compared to the 62 reported in 2018-19, when £7.8 million was paid in damages. The Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts, administered by NHS Resolution, handles all negligence claims against members for incidents after April 1 1995. This means claims could be settled for harm which occurred years before.
Over 200 in East Lancashire s hospitals with coronavirus week before Christmas
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 210 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, NHS England figures show. The data shows that the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on December 15 was down from 217 on the same day the previous week. The number of beds at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 8% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 229. Across England there were 15,031 people in hospital with Covid as of December 15, with 1,159 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
Over 200 in East Lancashire s hospitals with coronavirus week before Christmas
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 210 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, NHS England figures show. The data shows that the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on December 15 was down from 217 on the same day the previous week. The number of beds at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 8% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 229. Across England there were 15,031 people in hospital with Covid as of December 15, with 1,159 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
After everything she s been through, if anyone deserves a happy Christmas it is Leona Harris. As a frontline nurse on a Covid ward in Lancashire since the start of the pandemic, she has spent the past year working gruelling 14-hour shifts, tightly swaddled in a stifling gown, mask and visor.
Not that it has always protected her. After months of exposure to the virus, she finally became infected, and was laid up for weeks with pneumonia and that s about the only the rest she s had all year.
For during what precious free time she s had, Leona distressed by her patients forced isolation has raised close to £100,000 to buy and distribute iPads to hospitals and care homes so the sick and lonely could communicate with their families over video call.
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