Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Women put at ‘unacceptable’ risk by ‘deviating’ service

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Pregnant women were put at “unacceptable risk” by a service which was “deviat[ing] from guidelines”, had poor “surgical competency”, and was over-reliant on a single consultant at “significant risk of burnout”.

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HSJ Podcast: The new strike threat

2026-07-10T04:00:00+01:00By

Many breathed a sigh of relief when the resident doctors accepted the latest government pay offer, putting an end to years of strikes. However, just a week later, consultants voted for industrial action. 

Ella Devereux

The Download: The NHSE contradiction

2026-07-07T04:14:00+01:00By and 2 comments

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