All posts tagged "Southern Health Trust"
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2 weeks ago
Nurse struck off over dishonest records and repeated failures in patient care
A nurse formerly employed by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust has been struck off the nursing register after a...
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2 weeks ago
Handover delays at crisis point with stroke patients ‘waiting two hours 29 minutes’ for ambulance last week
Ambulance handover delays have reached crisis point, with stroke patients having to wait two hours and 29 minutes on average for...
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2 weeks ago
IT outage that paralysed Southern Trust electronic care record was down to human error
The root-cause of the major IT outage, which paralysed the new ‘encompass’ electronic care record on last September, has finally been...
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1 month ago
Tribunal throws out employee’s disability discrimination case against Southern Health Trust
An industrial tribunal has thrown out claims of disability discrimination and unfair dismissal brought by a former Southern Health and Social...
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2 months ago
Trust ‘on occasion’ make arrangements with patients who wish to wait in cars as ED pressures mount
Staff at Emergency Departments in the Southern Trust area may, on occasion, make arrangements with patients who wish to wait in...
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2 months ago
‘Deeply alarming’: Average Emergency Department wait times in Craigavon close to 19 hours
Average Emergency Department waiting times of more than 18 hours at Craigavon Area Hospital has been branded “totally unacceptable”, as fresh...
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3 months ago
Senior Southern Trust representatives apologise over Woodlawn House staff shortages
Director of Mental Health & Disability Services, Jan McGall has revealed that staffing levels at Woodlawn House, in Dungannon, are still...
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3 months ago
Forty-six patients died while waiting in Craigavon Area Hospital ED in six-month period
Forty-six patients died while waiting in the Emergency Department at Craigavon Area Hospital over a six-month period last year. And 24...
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3 months ago
Cervical screening scandal: Council to meet Southern Trust in coming days to demand answers and public enquiry
The parents of a young Portadown woman – and others who died as a result of multiple failings highlighted in the...
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3 months ago
Industrial tribunal dismisses ex-employee’s disability discrimination claim against Southern Trust
An industrial tribunal has dismissed claims of disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation brought by a former employee against the Southern Health...
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5 months ago
Pen and paper used by staff during IT outage as Southern Trust vow to learn from experience
The major IT outage which caused significant disruption across the Southern Health & Social Care (HSC) Trust on September 17, and...
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5 months ago
‘No suggestion’ that Southern Trust outage that effected 1,600 patients was ‘cyber related’
The Minister of Health has confirmed that there is “no suggestion” that a major IT outage within the Southern Health Trust...
