Tag: patient

Support worker allowed to return to care after failing to shower vulnerable patient with dementia after they’d soiled themselves

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Ivan Prothero - September 16, 2022

A SUPPORT worker has been allowed to return to care after failing to shower a vulnerable patient with dementia after they'd soiled themselves. Sandra Clark...

Nurse put patient in pain in store cupboard

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - July 1, 2015

A NURSE wheeled a man crying out in pain into a store cupboard and left him there for two hours - to stop him...

Athletic icon nurse disciplined for harming elderly patients

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 17, 2014

A SCOTTISH nurse regarded as one of the best fell runners in the world has been disciplined for physically hurting and humiliating elderly patients. Colin...

Investigation after patient’s details used for Facebook pestering

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Deadline News Journalist - November 25, 2011

A HOSPITAL cleaner tracked down a woman and pestered her on Facebook after stealing her details from a computer screen. An investigation is now under...

Patients denied treatments, say GPs

UK & World

Deadline News Journalist - September 14, 2011

PATIENTS are routinely being denied a range of treatments, according to GPs. A survey of 300 doctors by Pulse, a magazine aimed at GPs, found...

Scotland’s Largest Cancer Centre Radiation Blunders

Deadline News Journalist - March 21, 2010

By Paul Thornton A SERIES of radiation blunders at Scotland’s largest cancer treatment centre went unpunished and unreported to professional regulators. Mistakes with radiotherapy happened on...

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