Two nurses at Stafford Hospital who failed to give basic life support to a dying pensioner and recorded in notes that she was sleeping when she was actually dead have been told they can keep their jobs.
Moving services from Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital to make full use of Cannock Chase Hospital was the ‘best option available’, the council leader claimed today.
A Stafford Hospital nurse who recorded that an elderly patient was asleep when she had actually died has been found guilty of failing to follow hospital procedures.
Russells Hall Hospital’s risk rating has worsened after targets for accident and emergency waiting times and treatment for cancer patients were missed.
A petition calling for acute services at Stafford Hospital to be saved will be presented to Parliament next week.
A nurse accused of failing to resuscitate an elderly patient at Stafford Hospital told a misconduct hearing she had to cut corners to provide decent care due to intense pressure on staff.
Investigators probing up to 300 deaths at Stafford Hospital are hunting new evidence which could lead to criminal charges, the senior police officer leading the review said today.
Union bosses pledged to work with managers to save as many jobs as possible after it emerged almost 300 health posts in Walsall are facing the axe over the next five years.
Stafford Hospital campaigner Julie Bailey has put her cafe up for sale on eBay as she prepares to pack up and leave the town.
A total of 38 cases of measles have been reported in the West Midlands this year, figures revealed today.
Operations cancelled at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital due to a lack of beds have soared by almost 500 per cent.
Campaigners trying to save Stafford Hospital have been threatened with prosecution for putting up posters.
Bosses at Dudley’s Russells Hall Hospital aim to step up staffing in A&E further after waiting times soared even higher in April.
Details have emerged of a £1.5 million extension of the accident and emergency department at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital.
Waiting times at hospital A&E units have reached a nine-year high, with some in the region performing worse than the average, figures revealed today.
The £1.5 million extension of New Cross Hospital’s under-pressure A&E department has been delayed until November, it can be revealed today.
Almost 300 health posts in Walsall will be axed over the next five years following a workforce review.
Around 25 new staff are to be taken on at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital in a £1million drive to improve patient care.
Nine thousand signatures have been gathered by supporters trying to save services at Cannock Hospital.
Walsall Manor’s bid for foundation status has been delayed by more than a year while discussions continue over taking on services from beleaguered Mid-Staffordshire hospitals.
The campaigner who exposed the Stafford Hospital scandal is being forced to leave the town after repeated death threats, abuse and the desecration of her mother’s grave.
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