#Patient Safety

Articles (6)

• 🇬🇧 Apology for poor care over boy's bleed death — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Three-year-old Aarav Chopra died during a biopsy when his artery was pierced by a trainee doctor.

  Related: #Medical Malpractice, #Medical Training, #Accountability
• 🇬🇧 Family's fury as hospital unit where father died after 'wrong person' surgery mix-up investigated — 14/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The family of a man who died waiting for life-saving brain surgery at one of the country's leading hospitals say they're "furious" the department which treated him is now under rapid investigation.

  Related: #Medical Error
• 🇬🇧 Martha’s rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show — 08/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Exclusive: System brought in after death of 13-year-old is helping ‘transform culture’ of NHS, says patient safety director</p><p>More than 400 lives may have been saved as a result of Martha’s rul...

  Related: #Healthcare
• 🇬🇧 Scandal-hit hospital admits patients caught up in dirty water cancer ward incident  — 07/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Patients were caught up in a mould and dirty water incident inside a cancer ward at one of Britain's biggest hospitals, Sky News can reveal - days after our investigation uncovered fresh environmental...

  Related: #Hospital Scandal
• 🇺🇸 Novartis, Genentech file suit alleging illegal importation of prescription drug — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Novartis and Genentech are suing a U.S. company and a Canadian pharmacy over the importation of a Canadian version of their allergy medicine.

  Related: #Pharmaceutical Regulation, #Drug Importation, #Healthcare Costs
• 🇬🇧 Online pharmacies rapped for selling weight-loss jabs without full checks — 21/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Two online pharmacies are bringing in enhanced measures after it was found they were selling weight-loss injections without proper safeguarding checks.

  Related: #Pharmaceutical Regulation, #Online Healthcare