Critical Care
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| Initial release | October 6, 1997 |
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| Directors | Sidney Lumet |
| Box office | 271,000 USD |
| Budget | 12 million USD |
| Composers | Michael Convertino |
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| ID | 2282081 |
About Critical Care
Medical resident Dr. Werner Ernst (James Spader) aspires to help sick people, but is constantly warned by his mentor, Dr. Butz (Albert Brooks), to treat only patients with good insurance coverage. Soon, Ernst must deal with two sisters, Felicia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Connie (Margo Martindale), who are arguing over the proper treatment for their ill father. Although he tries to remain uninvolved, Ernst finds himself attracted to Felicia, though he suspects both women are really after money. …
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... The BBC s analysis also revealed the proportion of maternity units with the poorest safety ranking of " inadequate" - meaning that there is a high risk of avoidable harm to mother or baby - has more than doubled from 7% to 15% The CQC, which also inspects core services such as emergency care and Critical Care, said the situation was " unacceptable" and " disappointing"...
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... Six of them are in Critical Care, he said, adding that a helicopter service was being arranged to airlift others...
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... The rollout follows the patient safety commissioner, Dr Henrietta Hughes, is delivered across England s hospitals, giving patients and families the right to an urgent second opinion and rapid review from a Critical Care team if they are worried about a patient s condition...
Judge to decide on ending critically ill baby girl's life support
... " The trust seek a declaration that in the event Indi again deteriorates to a point where medical care and treatment is required to sustain her life, that it is not in Indi s best interests to receive any Critical Care or painful interventions, and it is lawful for her treating clinicians to withhold the same...
NHS ombudsman calls for Martha's rule to give power to patients
... Here people who are worried a patient is deteriorating, but that the healthcare team is not recognising their concerns, can ring a Critical Care hotline for immediate help...
Martha's rule: Call for right to second opinion after tragic teen death
... She wants hospitals around the country to bring in " Martha s rule" which would give parents, carers and patients the right to call for an urgent second opinion from a Critical Care team at the same hospital if they have concerns about their current care...
Pregnant crash victim's family says killer's sentence 'insulting'
... Mr Buckley said the family was able to spend time with her in Critical Care for two days until she died...
Hot weather adds to NHS pressure as doctors strike
... " Emergency, urgent and Critical Care will be prioritised this week but some patients will unfortunately have had their appointments postponed - if you haven t been contacted to reschedule, please do continue to attend your planned appointment...
Nurses to stage 48-hour strike as dispute escalates
By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent
The Royal College of Nursing has announced its biggest walkout of the pay dispute in England.
Its members at half of hospitals, Mental Health and community services will take part in the 48-hour strike from 1 to 3 March.
The Union will also ask members working in key areas such as Critical Care and chemotherapy to take part in strike Action for the First Time .
Ministers accused The Union of putting patients At Risk .
" We Are working closely with Nhs England on contingency plans, but this Action will inevitably cause further disruption, " added Health Secretary Steve Barclay .
During the previous walkouts the RCN has exempted core services from strike Action - dialysis, neonatal care, intensive care, paediatric A& E and chemotherapy.
Any service wanting RCN members to provide life-and-limb Cover - as they are required to do under trade unions laws - will also have to negotiate with union leaders rather than local agreements being put in place with local reps.
The RCN feels this has led to too many local exemptions being put in place, particularly in areas like adult A& E.
Instead, services will be asked to use nurses that are not members of the RCN or other health professionals to Cover services during The Strike .
Only once those avenues have been exhausted will the RCN agree to providing Cover .
The walkout is also the First Time they have announced a continuous 48-hour strike.
There have been walkouts over two consecutive days, but they have only lasted for 12 Hours each.
More Than 100 services will be involved in this strike, covering all the sites where the RCN has a mandate.
During The Strike ballot, individual ballots were held at each trust.
In around half of trusts the votes did not reach the required threshold for Action to take place.
But RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen said: " It is with a Heavy Heart that I have today asked even more nursing staff to join this dispute. "
Source of news: bbc.com
