Health

Staff blamed over infections

Staff blamed over infections

HOSPITAL staff failed to clean bedpans and commodes during a spot-check.

Workers at Stockport Foundation Trust, which runs Stepping Hill Hospital, were not properly trained in decontamination processes according to a team of inspectors from government watchdog the Healthcare Commission.

 

Trust in toy u-turn

HEALTH bosses have ordered replacement toys for doctors' waiting rooms after existing ones were removed because it was feared they posed an infection risk. As revealed in the M.E.N, Trafford Primary Care Trust told staff to get rid of the toys and advised GPs to do the same.

Row over massage parlour washing

A HOSPITAL laundry has been cleaning towels and sheets from massage parlours. Workers at the laundry on the old Withington Hospital site complained when they took on a new contract a month ago.

 

Health trust bans toys

Health trust bans toys
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A HEALTH trust has removed toys from all of its clinics - claiming they are a health risk.
Hospital boss defends job 'fiasco'

Hospital boss defends job 'fiasco'
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A HOSPITAL boss has defended her decision to axe her new chief executive before she even started the job - but she is still refusing to say why.

 

 

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