March 2017

Carrie Wright: Leeds medical facility trust pay over blunder The mom of a nine-year-old girl who died after suffering severe brain damage throughout a heart operation has been offered ₤ 430,000 in compensation. Carrie Wright, from Hull, was cooled down for two hours throughout the operation – more than twice the advised quantity of time.

GMC concerned about ‘state of worry’ in medical profession The General Medical Council (GMC) has raised issues that a ‘state of worry’ exists within the medical occupation as services throughout the UK come under increased pressure. The medical regulator’s warning that systems of healthcare and the health professionals working within them are having a hard

Oral evidence to Health Committee Brexit query Charlie Massey gave oral evidence to the Health Select Committee today as part of the Committee’s ongoing questions on the ramifications of Brexit for health and social care. ‘We are clear that the registration of EEA physicians presently on our register will be untouched by the UK’s departure