Debt and Training Cuts Lead to Rise in Hospital Negligence Claims

Posted by Criminal Defense Lawyer Wednesday, April 14, 2010

the royal college of nursing has stated that nhs patients are being put at risk of inadequate and possibly even negligent care because nurses aren’t receiving the environment and training they need. The statement will worry many patients who are already embarrassed and concerned about the standard of care they are receiving. Nhs blunders including delayed or incorrect diagnosis as well as botched surgery and wrong tone and treatment are harming many patients. This coupled with a lack of transparency from health trusts about errors means that many patients are forced to make hospital negligence claims to find out the truth, obtain an apology and receive compensation for prostration and loss and pain.

the rcn claims that almost a third of nurses have been unable to access environment and training courses about dealing with healthcare issues such as hospital superbugs. As a result, hospital negligence claims are becoming more common amongst patients seeking equity and justice for their suffering.

around a third of nurses claim to have had to finance their own environment and training and only half felt completely up to date in their environment and training and growth and development. This problem has been blamed on a lack of available cover for nurses needing time away from wards for environment and training. Some competent and experienced nurses also blame the shift from nursing qualifications which have a reasonable and practical substance and basis to degree based nursing studies meaning that nurses need more time to top up reasonable and practical environment and training after university studies.

the nhs has 10 million of debt and is spiraling into a vicious circle in which inadequate environment and training leads to negligent care forcing injured patients and their families to launch hospital negligence claims. Commentators have stated that cutting costs on environment and training and staff cover to reduce the debt is a false economy because the risk of negligent care is increasing and so therefore are the number of hospital negligence claims.

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