Showing posts with label NHS Grampian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NHS Grampian. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Tragic mother-of-two could have died from undetected condition

Click on the links below to read a story I wrote about a pregnant mum who may have died from a rare heart condition.





Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Three-year-old boy's heart works at just 5%

Click here to read a story I wrote about a young boy who was diagnosed with constipation that turned out to actually be a major heart problem. It was published in the Scottish Sun.



Friday, 10 May 2013

NHS worker keeps job despite taking a dead body to a garage

Click here (Press & Journal) or here (STV) to read a story I wrote about a NHS worker who has kept his job despite taking an ambulance to a garage for repairs with a dead body in the back. It was published on STV.


Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Mental patient escapes hospital without staff noticing

Click here (print version) or here (online version) to read a story I wrote about a mental patient who managed to flee hospital without anyone noticing. It was published in the Scottish Sun.


Wednesday, 20 March 2013

NHS Grampian blasted for £5.6m private treatment bill

Click here to read a story I covered about NHS Grampian forking out £5.6m on private treatment bills because of the pressures to meet waiting time targets. It was published in the Daily Record.


Thursday, 7 March 2013

Tragic 2-year-old killed outside her Portlethen home

Click here (Daily Express version) or here (Daily Star version) to read my story about 2-year-old Lily MacCluskey who was killed by a car just yards away from her home.



Friday, 1 February 2013

Stats show some NHS Grampian staff are not washing hands properly

Click here to read a story I wrote about statistics that show some NHS Grampian staff are not washing their hands properly. It was published in the Daily Mail.


Thursday, 24 January 2013

Angel Crawford's horror after nearly eating a live snail in her NHS meal

Click here to read a story I wrote about Angel Crawford who found a snail in her hospital meal. It was published in the Press & Journal.


Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Nurse to take legal advice after losing job for looking after an apparent abandoned boy

Click here to read a story I wrote about Nicola Cheyne who has vowed to take legal action after she was sacked for looking after an apparent abandoned boy. It was published in the Daily Record.


Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Dr Gray's hospital in Elgin bans 15st patients from some beds

Click here or here (The Sun online version) to read a story I wrote about a bed ban for patients weighing over 15 stone in a section of Dr Gray's hospital in Elgin.


Thursday, 3 January 2013

Patient given 13 times x-ray dose

Click here to read a story I wrote about a patient who was put through 13 times too much radiation during a routine x-ray. It was published in the Daily Record.


Saturday, 24 March 2012

Six forms of identity just to park car at hospital

Click here to read a story I wrote on a hospital car park system in Aberdeen that requires staff to hand over more documents than is required for a passport. It was published in the Daily Mail.