Academic and Professional Skills: Stafford Hospital Case Study 2022

STAFFORD HOSPITAL CASE STUDY
Academic and Professional Skills
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Executive Summary
Ethics is a system of moral principles that affects the way people/organizations make
decisions and live. Staffordshire NHS Trust runs Stafford Hospital, where between 400 and
1,200 patients died between January 2005 and March 2009 as a result of poor hospital
treatment. This is the case as a result of a reduction of 10 million pounds in hospital costs.
This has led to severe shortages of highly skilled staff, a lack of staff morale and a lack of
compassion among some employees. Poor hospital services are a direct result of a shortage of
qualified personnel and medical personnel. Many patients did not have drinks, food or
medicine due to lack of staff. The hospital staff was made responsible, far beyond their
ability. It was observed that junior doctors had to perform duties at night and that non-
medical receptionist was often forced to attend to patients.
Stafford Hospital has been embroiled in a scandal involving limited staff and a service budget
for patients. Hospital management has been negligent in appointing staff trained to care for
patients and neglected their general ethical obligations. The current analysis includes whether
Stafford Hospital should continue to work for unethical behaviors and the steps the hospital
can take to ensure ethical compliance. There is evidence that Stafford Hospital is considered
the most negligent of NHS care without ethical operating standards. As HCC explains, ethics
and patient care standards are a serious problem at the hospital. Unethical behavior by patient
care staff has led to a loss of public interest and confidence in the NHS. Its trust ended up
earning a million dollars from the disastrous consequences. While the ethical standards of the
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NHS respect autonomy, the organization does not have the most important views on the
organization regarding patient care.
The way in which the Health Board and the Stafford Scandal in the Department of Health
have affected the NHS. The NHS and health boards, as well as the organization, have failed
to assess the ethical challenges to Stafford Hospital's budget cuts, which put so many patients
at risk. The NHS has set in its ethical principles a priority for the competitive demands of
health services, which the organization has completely ignored. The report found that the
management of the hospital in Stafford was unethical. Although medical malpractice cases
can be referred to as criminal liability, it was completely ignored by the organization.
Incorporating the basic ethical principles of NHS, health care organizations should consider
them to raise standards of care by properly assessing their needs. While there are ethical
reasons to provide your services to the community at large. The NHS has 15 basic ethical
principles that must be followed by an organization, such as all ethical values and standards,
in its decision-making.
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Contents
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................5
Analysis......................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
Recommendations....................................................................................................................10
Reference List..........................................................................................................................11
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