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Jason Watkins's daughter Maude had sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to an infection that occurs when the immune system overreacts and starts to damage the body's own tissues and organs.
Ombudsman identifies care failings and calls for reform bill to make system ‘fit for 21st century’
The report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman lays out a number of recommendations for the Government.
Patients with mental health conditions are being put at risk when they leave hospital care and the UK government must take urgent preventative action, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has said.1 Ombudsman Rob Behrens called on the government to bring in the “desperately needed” reforms in the long awaited mental health bill, which would impose a statutory duty to create a care and treatment plan for everyone detained under the Mental Health Act and ensure that all relevant parties are included in decision making. His report analysed over 100 cases revealing failures in the ca...
The government is to launch a review into the variation in how open and transparent NHS and social care providers in England are with patients when things go wrong. In a written statement to the House of Commons the health minister Maria Caulfield said that the Department of Health and Social Care will lead a review into the “effectiveness of the statutory duty of candour for health and social care providers in England.”1 The announcement was welcomed by …