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BBC News
25-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Heart surgery delay 'contributed to man's death', coroner says
A delay in surgery contributed to a heart patient's death, a coroner has William Oldcorn, known as Bill, went to his local hospital in Preston on 1 August 2024 suffering from chest pain and a shortness of breath. After he was transferred to Blackpool Victoria Hospital about a month later, the 77-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest on 19 Margaret Taylor concluded Mr Oldcorn had died "whilst awaiting delayed cardiac MRI investigation and coronary bypass surgery" and that the hospital's "inability to perform surgery within the national standard target times" had been a contributory hospital trust said it was taking the coroner's report "very seriously". 'Inadequate resources' The inquest heard that retired security officer Mr Oldcorn, from Broughton in Lancashire, was transferred to Blackpool Victoria Hospital on 4 revealed heart disease and he was referred for urgent in-patient surgery and further 10 September Mr Oldcorn was reviewed by the consultant cardiac surgeon and a provisional date for surgery of 20 September was inquest at Blackpool Town Hall heard this "did not meet the national standard which recommends that in-patients awaiting surgery are treated within seven days of coronary angiography".During the delay Mr Oldcorn's heart health deteriorated and he was pronounced dead on 19 September. 'Prevention of future deaths' In a Prevention of Future Deaths Report, the coroner said evidence heard at the inquest in May had "revealed matters giving rise to concern"."In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken," Ms Taylor said."Despite national targets of seven days from angiography to surgery, at the time of his death the waiting time for surgery was 14 days, and that has since risen to 17 days."Ms Taylor warned there were "inadequate resources to meet the national target" at Blackpool Victoria Hospital."On the balance of probabilities, had it been possible to perform cardiac surgery within the national standard target of seven days, Bill would not have died as a consequence of a cardiac arrest when he did," the coroner Hartly-Smith, chief medical officer at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, said: "I'd like to firstly offer our sincere condolences to the family of Mr Oldcorn and anyone affected by his passing."We have received the report from the coroner which we take very seriously, and would like to offer reassurance that we will be working through it to take any action needed in order to respond to the concerns raised."The hospital has until 31 July to take action. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hospital trust continues to battle £18.6m deficit
A hospital trust's deficit could have been more than £70m if it had not received government support, a meeting has been told. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust board was told it had posted an £18.6m deficit at the end of the financial year. However, trust chairman Andrew Morgan said the figures were "misleading" in light of it having receiving two support packages of £44m and £10m and without them, the deficit would have been "the £70s of millions". He added: "That is unacceptable, stating the blindingly obvious." The position has improved as the trust previously posted a deficit as high as £100m, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. The trust has been told it will not have to get a balanced budget in one financial year. Richard Miner, who chairs the trust's Finance Assurance Committee, said: "We have got to be on the button in terms of performance. It is a big year." He said the trust was looking to use new technology to reduce its reliance on agency staff But the possibility of redundancies among the near 8,000 strong workforce was not discussed at Thursday's meeting and a recruitment freeze for "non-critical" roles remains in place. Jo Williams, the trust's chief executive, said she was "being honest" about the challenges the organisation faced but promised the trust would "not compromise on patient safety". The board was told that it had cash balances of £61.8m but a new modular ward would require "substantial outlay and cash balances will need to be monitored closely". This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Park-and-ride hospital buses to be made permanent Health secretary asked to meet over troubled trust Temporary drop-off area introduced at hospital Hospital action plan after undercover documentary Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust battling £18.6m deficit
A hospital trust's deficit could have been more than £70m if it had not received government support, a meeting has been Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust board was told it had posted an £18.6m deficit at the end of the financial year. However, trust chairman Andrew Morgan said the figures were "misleading" in light of it having receiving two support packages of £44m and £10m and without them, the deficit would have been "the £70s of millions".He added: "That is unacceptable, stating the blindingly obvious." The position has improved as the trust previously posted a deficit as high as £100m, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. The trust has been told it will not have to get a balanced budget in one financial Miner, who chairs the trust's Finance Assurance Committee, said: "We have got to be on the button in terms of performance. It is a big year."He said the trust was looking to use new technology to reduce its reliance on agency staffBut the possibility of redundancies among the near 8,000 strong workforce was not discussed at Thursday's meeting and a recruitment freeze for "non-critical" roles remains in Williams, the trust's chief executive, said she was "being honest" about the challenges the organisation faced but promised the trust would "not compromise on patient safety". The board was told that it had cash balances of £61.8m but a new modular ward would require "substantial outlay and cash balances will need to be monitored closely". This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
08-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
NHS plans 'unthinkable' cuts to balance books
The NHS in England is planning "previously unthinkable" cuts to try to balance the books, health bosses including diabetes care for young people, rehab centres and talking therapies are in the firing line, according to NHS Providers, which represents health including doctors and nurses, also face the axe - and some NHS trusts are stopping overtime for doctors, putting the drive to cut the hospital waiting lists at Providers said some of the savings were "eye-watering", but the Department of Health and Social Care said NHS services should focus on cutting bureaucracy and driving up productivity. The figures come after initial accounts for 2025-26 suggested frontline NHS organisations were going to go nearly £7bn over budget, an overspend nearly 5% above what they have been given by government, despite ministers increasing funding by £22bn over two chief executive of a large hospital trust said it was looking to shed 1,500 jobs, some 5% of its workforce, including doctors and a boss of a mental health trust told the BBC they had had to stop accepting referrals for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), while waits for psychological therapies exceeded a said morale had "never been lower" among services at risk include stop smoking services and palliative closure of some maternity units is also being considered, although part of that is down to the falling birth rate which has seen a number of services being under-used. Consequences NHS Providers received evidence from 114 trusts, more than half of the total in all said they were cutting or planning to cut jobs which in many cases would affect clinical staff such as doctors and nurses too.A majority also reported they were looking at closing services or at least scaling them Providers interim chief executive Saffron Cordery said NHS managers were having to think the "previously unthinkable".And she said while they would do their best to protect patient care, she added: "Let's be clear. Cuts have consequences."She said pay rises for resident doctors - previously known as junior doctors - and inflation had eaten into the extra money the health service had been the Department of Health and Social Care said the extra funding being provided should be enough.A spokeswoman said: "We have underlined the need for trusts to cut bureaucracy to invest even further in the front line so we can support hard-working staff and deliver a better service for patients and taxpayers' money."
