Cancer patients at risk due to 'exhausted' staff, warns ombudsman
Read more about new warnings from the parliamentary and health service ombudsman about cancer patients being put at risk.
Source: nursingtimes.net
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Campaigners to protest against NSFT outside Parliament | East Anglian Daily Times
A Norfolk and Suffolk campaign group will travel to Parliament next Tuesday following a report into deaths of those under the care of NSFT.
Source: eadt.co.uk
Cancer patients may be at risk due to overstretched NHS staff, ombudsman warns
Problem rooted in staffing levels and unsustainable pressure on exhausted employees, complaints body for NHS in England says
Source: theguardian.com
Delay naming new watchdog prompts fears NHS complaints could be held up
The current Ombudsman is due to leave his post at the start of April, but a replacement has yet to be identified.
Source: northern-times.co.uk
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### MPs call for urgent heatwave plan The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has warned that the UK government is underprepared to deal with the deadly effect of heatwaves and that it must invest in measures to tackle this. The committee said that the “silent killer” of heatwaves could claim 10 000 lives a year in the UK without concerted action and that the most vulnerable people were at the greatest risk. In 2022 UK temperatures passed 40°C for the first time, and 2023 was the world’s hottest year on record. (Full story doi:10.1136/bmj.q257) ### Ombudsman calls for immed...
Source: bmj.com