PUBLISHED: 16:12 20 March 2018 | UPDATED: 08:21 21 March 2018 Mike Brooke Island Health Trust on the Isle of Dogs received NHS funds. Picture source: Google Google A government minister has stepped into the controversy over funds and assets held by Island Health Trust warning its trustees to cooperate with an investigation into why £350,000 was paid into the chair’s bank account. Poplar & Limehouse MP Jim Fitzpatrick. Picture: Mike Brooke Media and Culture State Secretary Tracey Crouch was responding to Poplar and Limehouse MP Jim Fitzpatrick when she told Parliament late last night that if the probe by the Charities Commission uncovers criminal offences it will pass the evidence to the police. “It’s important that all current and former trustees cooperate fully with the Commission in their investigation,” she told MPs. “The inquiry remains a priority to conclude as soon as possible, to establish if there has been mismanagement. … [Read more...] about Minister warns Island Health trustees to co-operate with investigation into Isle of Dogs charity funds
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MP Jim Fitzpatrick gets Commons debate to expose Island Health Trust’s NHS funding
PUBLISHED: 18:00 14 March 2018 Mike Brooke Poplar & Limehouse MP Jim Fitzpatrick. Picture: Mike Brooke Mike Brooke The controversial Island Health Trust which has sucked in almost £350,000 of public NHS funding while GPs are being priced out of the building is to be debated in Parliament. Suzanne Goodband... chairs Island Health Trust. Picture sources: Island Health/Google MP Jim Fitzpatrick has secured a 30-minute Commons Adjournment debate on Monday in which he will attack the Island Health Trust board—which holds £1.3 million in public assets—and especially its chair. He has publicly called for Suzanne Goldband to resign from the trust over the NHS cash paid to her privately-owned company for “consultancy” fees, currently being investigated by the Charities Commission. “The debate is about misuse of charitable funds,” the Poplar and Limehouse MP tells tomorrow’s East London Advertiser. “Money has been taken out … [Read more...] about MP Jim Fitzpatrick gets Commons debate to expose Island Health Trust’s NHS funding
Suffolk leaders demand mental health overhaul amid bed closures
Sandy Martin (Labour MP for Ipswich). Picture: HOUSE OF COMMONS Archant Ipswich MP Sandy Martin has called for managers of the region’s mental health trust to be replaced after news emerged about vital bed closures. Dr Dan Poulter has called an adjournment debate on Suffolk's mental health crisis. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) announced last week that it was having to shut 36 beds due to lack of staffing and urgent building maintenance. The trust will close Suffolk’s only psychiatric intensive care beds at the Woodlands unit in Ipswich on Friday until workforce problems can be resolved. Campaigners say this move will increase pressure on the resources in Norfolk and is likely to see vulnerable patients sent out of area for care. Julie Cave, outgoing NSFT chief executive, said there were 9.5 full-time nursing vacancies on the Lark Ward. The Woodlands mental health unit in Ipswich, where the closing Lark Ward is based. … [Read more...] about Suffolk leaders demand mental health overhaul amid bed closures
Air quality monitoring – a major challenge for a major health concern
Air pollution is responsible for over 500,000 premature deaths in a single year in Europe. This may be surprising – it’s usually China and India that make the headlines on the subject of air pollution. But according to the latest numbers from the European Environment Agency (EEA) we should also be looking closer to home: in 2014 alone, 534,471 premature deaths across 41 European countries have been linked to air pollution. Vehicle traffic is responsible for much of the damage from fine particulate matter capable of entering the lungs, although nitrogen dioxide and smog from power plants, industry, and households also contribute significantly to emissions across Europe. A staggering 1.3 trillion euros is the economic cost of the premature deaths and of the diseases caused by air pollution in the WHO European Region in 2010, according to the first-ever study of these costs conducted for the Region. The amount is nearly equivalent to one tenth of the gross domestic product … [Read more...] about Air quality monitoring – a major challenge for a major health concern
Health inspection reports for nursing homes in Lancaster County through March 2018
There are 32 nursing homes in Lancaster County, which are inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.The following is a list of all nursing home health inspection reports released since Feb. 19, with links to the reports that document inspectors' findings for each home. They're also available here. Much additional information on each home is available on the Medicare Nursing Home Compare website.Standard inspections are performed annually, unannounced. Complaint inspections are performed when a complaint about a nursing home is registered with the department.Deficiencies are ranked from least to most serious, as follows: potential harm, minimal harm, actual harm and immediate jeopardy.Minimal harm deficiencies are listed below. No new potential harm, actual harm or immediate jeopardy deficiencies were reported recently.The current average number of deficiencies per facility is 6.5 in Pennsylvania and 5.8 in the United States, according to Medicare.Brethren Village, 3001 … [Read more...] about Health inspection reports for nursing homes in Lancaster County through March 2018