Dr Bharat Pankhania IanAlexander GMC Andrew Pierce CHPI bylinetimes.com/2024/03/19/is-…

Very important article from Julia Kollewe - well worth reading and relevant to the work of CHPI - please do share

‘No one’s being honest about it’: how NHS crisis forces patients to go private theguardian.com/business/2024/…

The risks to patient safety from a healthcare system which operates on the basis of 'fee for service' - ie the more work a hospital or doctor does the more they get paid - was vividly illustrated in another documentary broadcast yesterday....in Australia.

Over treatment,

CARDIAC ARREST DURING OR AFTER SURGERY IN UK PRIVATE HOSPITALS

This is a timely reminder that all healthcare has risks & safety is at the heart of everything we should be doing.

Timely also as I was speaking today to the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) about

When watching #Panorama tonight on patient safety in private hospitals we will be thinking of the work of Jenny Vaughan. Her work with Resident Medical Officers - junior doctors who work in private hospitals and are subject to very poor terms and conditions - was groundbreaking.

We first set out the concerns raised in tonight's #Panorama on patient safety in private hospitals in 2017. This was cited in a coroner's inquest into the death of a patient. 7 years on and sadly very little has changed chpi.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

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Watch tonight's #Panorama on the systemic patient safety risks in the private hospital sector with an interview with our Director. With more NHS patients being treated in private hospitals is the government knowingly exposing them to avoidable harm? bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Such sad news to hear of the passing of Dr Jenny Vaughan. Her campaigning on such a range of vital issues was an inspiration to us all at the CHPI and she will be sorely missed. Our condolences go to her family, friends and colleagues.

That private companies can generate such large returns from providing healthcare in Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCS) to people who have been raped or sexually assaulted is a major public interest issue. 👇amp.theguardian.com/business/2024/…