The weekend medical handover system among junior doctors at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Pembury, UK was cumbersome, inadequate and poor, restricting the ability to provide good patient care. 78.6% of doctors felt that the introduction of an electronic weekend handover system would address the ...
An NHS trust could face criminal charges over failures in its infection control measures that contributed to the deaths of 90 patients.Every NHS trust in England will now get a copy of a damning report into failures at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in Kent as a precautionary me...
This article reports that the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells National Health Service Trust in England may face criminal charges for its failure to control the infection Clostridium difficile at their facilities between April 2004 and September 2006. The British Healthcare Commission says that 90 deaths...
the 24 doctors comprising the General Practitioner Committee of the Tonbridge Cottage Hospital successfully challenged a decision, taken by the Tunbridge Wells Health Authority on 12th January, 1988, and confirmed on 29th March, 1988, to close the hospital temporarily from 1st April, 1988, in order...
In the case of Regina v Tunbridge Wells Health Authority, Ex parte Goodridge and Others , the 24 doctors comprising the General Practitioner Committee of the Tonbridge Cottage Hospital successfully challenged a decision, taken by the Tunbridge Wells Health Authority on 12th January, 1988, and ...
The aim of this survey is to assess and report on the variation in doctors' understanding of medication reviews at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals (MTW). METHOD. A short, anonymised, online questionnaire was circulated to all current doctors at MTW via email and WhatsApp groups. RESULTS...