A series of hospitals have admitted using cheap secretarial agencies in India By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED:10:53 EST, 10 September 2012| UPDATED:19:25 EST, 10 September 2012 Hospitals are sending hundreds of thousands of confidential letters about patients to India to be… Read More ›
Andrew Lansley
A high-profile whistleblower at the Care Quality Commission, the health watchdog, was subjected to a mental health assessment after raising concerns about poor leadership and performance at the organisation, internal documents show
CQC whistleblower ‘subjected to mental health assessment’ The organisation’s chief executive Cynthia Bower stood down in February after a Government review endorsed Mrs Sheldon’s concerns about poor governance, poor leadership and unclear accountability. Mrs Sheldon, a non-executive director at the… Read More ›
Cataract patients being wrongly denied eye surgery (U.K.)
Thousands of patients struggling to drive and even read are wrongly being denied sight-saving surgery, according to eye health professionals. By Richard Alleyne The Telegraph 5:30AM BST 13 Aug 2012 The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and other health bodies say it… Read More ›