Suspected Sepsis: A GP’s Guide to Recognition and Referral Dr Greg Edwards reviews guidance on suspected sepsis, emphasising the pivotal role of primary care in recognising and referring possible cases Guidelines in Practice: Primary Care 06 May 2025 Infected Blood Victims Fear Time Is Running Out...
Dr Greg Edwards reviews guidance on suspected sepsis, emphasising the pivotal role of primary care in recognising and referring possible cases Guidelines in Practice: Primary Care 06 May 2025 Bone Marrow Lesions Linked to Ligament Lesions in Hand OA Bone marrow lesions are less common but strongly ...
Sepsis can be caused by a huge variety of different bugs, most cases being caused by common bacteria which we all come into contact with every day; without them making us ill. Sometimes, though, the body responds abnormally to these infections, and this causes sepsis. Sepsis is a life ...
However, where current equipment or resources do not facilitate the implementation of the guidelines or where staff levels of adherence to current guidance are poor, there may be an associated increase in costs. Given the social and economic costs of HCAI, the consequences associated with not ...
A few years later, I was working as interim national director for patient safety at NHS England. In this role, I chaired the cross-system sepsis board. We learned from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) that more work had been done to update and validate NEWS and that the RCP was ...
Dr Greg Edwards reviews guidance on suspected sepsis, emphasising the pivotal role of primary care in recognising and referring possible cases 06 May 2025 05 May 2025 Bone Marrow Lesions Linked to Ligament Lesions in Hand OA 05 May 2025
Dr Jonathan Fielden from Bedford, pleaded guilty at Luton Crown Court last Thursday to voyeurism. Dr Fielden was arrested in December 2016. He subsequently resigned as director of specialised commissioning and deputy national medical director at NHS England (NHSE) where he reportedly earned an annual...
According to the first of two reports by The King’s Fund, the Health Foundation and the Nuffield Trust, staff shortages in the NHS in England now present a greater threat to health services than funding. The group of leading health thinktank experts predicts an increase in NHS staff shortage...
Tribunal noted that Dr Fielden held a very senior position in NHS England and was expected to provide leadership and direction. Whilst Dr Fielden acknowledged the impact of the loss of his career upon himself the Tribunal considered that he had failed to demonstrate sufficient insight into the imp...
The NHS holds up remarkably well despite major problems compared to other high-income countries,a study suggested. Writing in the BMJ, researchers concluded that if the health service wanted to achieve comparable health outcomes with other high-income countries, spending needed to increase to improve...