'poor hand washing (eg surgeons not using hibiscrub or washing hands properly and going from patient to patient)and I'm not sure how investing money would solve this.'
Oh I can quite easily see how.
Currently every Dr position is over subscribed as a result of the Government failing to get OCurt permission to give UK trainees the places, yes? How about EVERY applicant is screened with psychometric testing for their ability to follow basic hygiene procedures as part of the interview system? It might just help recruit medics that can be arsed to wash their ahnds, and that in itself is so important in hospital hygiene.
And it would preseumably cost far less than the compensations.
I trained as a Nurse and we had so much training on hand washing- but it was a generallya ccepted fact that most poeple would ignore the advice.
Invest money to buy those lights that check for cleanliness on the hands and make unwashed hands a sackable ofence as well.
The NHS is governed not by Nurses and Dr's, but by managers who respond to only one thing- money.
I'm not sure if I would always sue, I have a close friend who lost her daughter as a direct result of an admitted NHS eff up and she chose not to as she needed to move on, but also as she said she didn't have a lifetime of care costs. It seems as if Leslie Ash does face this and anyone who knows how much this can cost might understand better- it's over a decade since I worked in the industry, but one client I ahd was charged £600 a week basic costs for his care. That adds up.