Recent Breaches in Patient Care within the NHS

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has been criticized over a series of patient care breaches, including outdated patient data causing GDPR violations, sexual abuse within healthcare settings, avoidable birth injuries leading to compensation pay-outs, and mismanagement of mental health care, specifically among students. These issues underscore the urgent need for policy changes, protection of patient rights and the need to restore faith in the healthcare system.