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Urgent review at Blackpool Victoria Hospital adds to litany of issues

Blackpool Victoria Hospital has been at the centre of several scandals in recent years and many of these are still playing out

Sep 18, 2024
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By Michael Holmes

Bosses at Blackpool Victoria Hospital have launched an urgent review after a doctor was caught filling in post-op paperwork to say a patient was recovering well - despite her not even having the procedure yet.

The systematic “pre-populating" of medical documents came to light during an inquest into the death of 36-year-old Sabina Wood, w…

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