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Bogus consultants working at Blackburn hospital A&E |
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Written by It's Our NHS
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Sunday, 16 November 2008 |
 Marie Burnham, Hospitals chief executive On the 10th September, five-month-old Callum Murray was rushed by ambulance to the Royal Blackburn Hospital after a health visitor spotted the tell-tale signs of 'meningitis'; a high temperature and a purple rash on his groin and legs.Baby Callum was seen by a doctor at Blackburn A&E who prescribed calpol and sent the baby home. The parents were told by a senior doctor at Blackburn that the doctor who had sent Callum home was not a paediatrician, and therefore could not make a diagnosis. The parents then took the baby to Burnley General hospital where he was diagnosed with meningitis. Callum's parents said "the doctors at Burnley couldn't believe we'd been sent away from Blackburn hospital not knowing what was wrong with him". In response to the allegations, Marie Burnham said "the more senior doctor was in fact a locum doctor. I am disappointed the senior nursing team members did not question why the doctor was allowing Callum to go home without him being referred to a paediatrician". However, according to Callum's parents, when Callum was first admitted, a member of the senior nursing team; a senior doctor at the Royal Blackburn hospital's A&E, did tell them that the doctor who diagnosed Callum was not a paediatrician. What do you think? - Has the closure of the A&E in Burnley led to such overcrowding at Blackburn that babies are turned away?
- Why is our hospital trust unsure of who they employ?
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 November 2008 )
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Hospital chaos: 'people will die' warns GP |
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Written by It's Our NHS
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
 GP's very concerned
That is the message GP's are telling hospital managers in East Lancashire after dozens of complaints about patient safety. This time last year, Accident & Emergency services were removed from Burnley General Hospital leaving the Royal Blackburn hospital to deal with all A&E patients in East Lancashire, a population of over 600,000, and growing! It soon became apparent that the sole hospital in Blackburn could not cope with the sheer influx of patients and on Monday night the A&E department at Blackburn had to shut down leaving no A&E department at all in East Lancashire. Dr Ashworth, a Barrowford GP and former hospital consultant said the overcrowding at Blackburn Hospital was putting patients at risk. Click here to read the full article from the Lancashire Telegraph.. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 November 2008 )
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