Medication errors are unintended failures in the medication process that lead to harmful consequences for the patient. According to a study conducted by researchers from the Universities of York, Manchester and Sheffield, more than 200 million medication errors occur in the NHS per year.
There are many ways in which medication errors can take place, including a patient being given medication of incorrect the strength, dosage, delivery method, rate, duration or timing. Patients can also be given medication that they are allergic to.
A government fund of £30m aimed at reducing carbon footprints and reducing public spending in the highways sector has awarded the East Yorkshire council £3.3m as a share.
This is one of seven schemes in the country to receive cash awards.
Lynsey Furley, a Legal 500-recognised solicitor, has joined a Yorkshire-based law firm that specializes in clinical negligence.
Lynsey joins Medical Solicitors’ Hull office, which opened at The Deep Business Centre in September 2021, after more than a decade of helping clients with clinical negligence claims.
Beverley’s own Sam Cosgrove has put his disastrous 18 months with Birmingham City well and truly behind him in recent weeks.
He secured a season-long loan move to Plymouth Argyle on transfer deadline day and ever since, he has gone from strength to strength on the south coast.
Hull-based NLG Health has donated two labrador puppies and £16,000 to Support Dogs, the Sheffield charity which helps people with autism, epilepsy and disabilities.
Harriett, a black, and Honey, a golden labrador, have begun their basic training with Support Dogs as part of the charity’s work with families across the country, including in Sheffield and wider Yorkshire.
An inaugural report released, Future: Department Stores¹ analysing the use of department store properties across the UK and Ireland has found over three-quarters are now currently occupied or have planning applications pending – revealing a more positive side to the tide of closures which have dogged the retail industry.
Urban playground operator Jump Inc is coming to Beverley’s Flemingate centre.
Jump Inc’s owner, Futures Leisure Limited, is to open its sixth inflatable play park at Flemingate, with exciting plans to invest £300,000 to rapidly expand the attraction.
It may seem unlikely, but quietly Yorkshire has been a hotbed of golfing talent for quite some time now. Danny Willett, of Sheffield, has won numerous titles on the European Tour, and he secured his place in the folklore of the sport forever when he won The Masters back in 2016.
Nick Gifford, 52 from Scarcroft in Leeds, had been working as an airline captain for 13 years before the pandemic hit. He lost his job as flights were grounded across the world.
Nick, the father of two, is now training to collect convalescent plasma as NHS Blood and Transplant urgently calls for more people who have had the coronavirus to donate convalescent plasma in Leeds.
Residents and businesses in Hull are being asked to support the final push in a long campaign to electrify and upgrade the railway lines from Hull to Selby and Hull to Sheffield.
If successful, it could cut journey times from Hull to Leeds from 57 minutes to just 38 minutes, and Hull to Sheffield from 86 minutes to just 50 minutes.
The Beverley Barracudas Swimming Club spent 3 weekends in February competing at the annual Yorkshire Championships in Leeds and Sheffield.
Swimming in a 50m long pools, the Barracudas swam with determination and passion to bring home excellent finalist positions. They also picked up a medal against the best swimmers in Yorkshire.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, marked this year’s World Cancer Day by meeting with Beverley resident Karen Smith.
He met her at Radiotherapy4Life’s event in Parliament to raise awareness of the need for better access to local radiotherapy services across the country and for Beverley and Holderness residents.
HTA launches Taxi and Private Hire driver training courses into South and West Yorkshire as councils ramp-up driver requirements
Humberside Training Associates (HTA) has launched its Taxi and Private Hire Driver BTEC and functional skills courses into South and West Yorkshire as councils across the country ramp-up requirements on new and existing driver qualifications.
The absence of Andy Murray from the Australian Open will once again leave British hopes of winning a tennis tournament in doubt, to say the least.
Kyle Edmund has shown promise in the past in the men’s draw, reaching the semi-finals of the competition in 2018. However, Edmund’s form has declined over the last two years, and it would be a surprise to see him make an appearance in the second week of the competition; with current odds of 150/1 to succeed in the Australian Open.
East Yorkshire Judo Academy was out in force at the Goole Christmas Championships with many of their very young players competing.
For a number of players, it was their first competition. The club was very well represented by children as young as 6 years old all the way through to senior black belts.
