media & press
Read up on stories in the press and media about dehydration in care homes and hospitals across the UK.
750 Avoidable Deaths a Month In NHS Hospitals, Study Finds
One in 28 deaths can be attributed to poor care and study says standard death rates should not be used to rank quality of care.
About 750 patients a month in NHS hospitals are dying unnecessarily, the largest review of “avoidable deaths” has found.
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said one in 28 deaths could be attributed to poor care such as inattentive monitoring of the patient’s condition, doctors making the wrong diagnosis or patients being prescribed the wrong medicine.
Here’s Exactly How Much Water You Should Drink Every Day
This is how much water you should drink a day, according to experts.
You've probably heard you're supposed to drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily. That's almost enough to fill a 2 liter bottle—which even the most diligent water-drinkers may find daunting. But that classic advice can be a little misleading.
"Fluid requirements vary among individuals based on age, sex, activity level, and even where you live," Jessica Fishman Levinson, M.S., R.D., C.D.N., founder of nutrition counseling company Nutritioulicious tells SELF. So, how much water you should drink a day may actually vary each day, depending on the other things you're doing, eating, and drinking.
Nurse Develops ‘Micro-Straw’ To Stop Patients From Becoming Dehydrated In Hospitals
Project aims to tackle dehydration among the elderly and vulnerable.
A community nurse is developing an innovative device to prevent elderly or vulnerable patients from becoming dehydrated while they receive care in hospitals.
Naomi Campbell, a Hydration Lead at Peninsula Community Health in Cornwall received a £15,000 grant from NHS Innovations Southwest to continue developing a ‘micro-straw’, a device that would help elderly patients sip fluids independently, reducing their reliance on nursing staff when they are thirsty.
One in 20 hospital deaths preventable
Poor hospital care is “needlessly killing 1,000 NHS patients a month”, The Daily Telegraph headline reads. It says that the largest ever study of errors in British hospitals has found that one patient in 10 is affected by potentially serious medical errors, with half of them dying as a result.
This study was a review of the patient records of 1,000 adults who died in 10 hospitals across England in 2009. Medical reviewers who examined the records considered that one death in 20 had a greater than 50% chance of being preventable.