Thursday 16 January 2020

Key measures to stop next Harold Shipman ignored by hospitals, Jeremy Hunt warns

Key measures to stop next Harold Shipman ignored by hospitals, Jeremy Hunt warns Many NHS trusts yet to fill medical examiner posts as deadline approaches despite pilot schemes covering 27,000 deaths since 2008 finding that one in four hospital death certificates were inaccurate and one in five causes of death were wrong.

Dozens of NHS hospitals have yet to appoint medical examiners whose roles are aimed at preventing a repeat of Harold Shipman‘s serial killings – with just months to go before the deadline.

A survey of more than 100 NHS trusts in England found that more than half had yet to set up the key posts, which it is hoped will be a crucial part of efforts to improve patient safety in the NHS. The Independent

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