Report questions patients' safety
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The BBC has learnt of serious incidents at a major Welsh hospital, with worries about patient safety.
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A substantial number of "adverse events" -- many of which could have been prevented -- affect children in hospitals each year, according to a new study.
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Doctors have been taking calls from anxious patients ever since a Senate hearing on Vioxx last week at which an FDA scientist expressed concerns about the safety of five other drugs on the market.
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Calgary - A mistake that led to the death of a 69-year-old man after he was given the wrong medication could have happened at any hospital, an independent report into the error concluded.
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The report is likely to intensify a debate about the safety of the nationÂs drug supply and the adequacy of government oversight.
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Mental patients at the Oregon State Hospital, the setting for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," were exposed to threats ranging from infectious outbreaks to patient-on-patient assaults, according to a Justice Department report released Wednesday.
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Nearly all doctors, nurses and managers think their hospitals need to be made safer for patients, a poll suggests.
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At least five medications now sold to consumers pose such risks that their sale should be limited or stopped, said a government drug reviewer who raised safety questions earlier about the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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Doctors' watchdog the General Medical Council must do more to protect patients, the latest Shipman Inquiry report says.
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Health and safety officials are urged to act after a report finds one in three industry deaths occur on building sites.
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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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WASHINGTON The World Health Organization says one in ten hospital patients are victims of sometimes fatal medical mistakes that could have been prevented.
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Nearly 5 million hospital admissions  might have been prevented in 2000 if patients had received high  quality primary and preventive care, according to a government  report issued on Thursday.
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Concerns raised over senior officers' threat to patient confidentiality.
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Scores of patients at the V.A. hospital in Albany were put at risk, and employees say bigger concerns were dismissed by officials.
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Less than a week after two sets of new data raised questions about the cardiovascular safety of two widely used painkillers, the Pfizer Inc.