The jury at the inquest into the death of Joan Blaber criticised the hospital’s management for failings which they say could have led to her “safety being compromised”. The conclusion
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A hospital trust sent out an “extremely misleading” letter to public figures as the inquest into the death of a patient was due to open because they were worried about
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Air pollution may be linked with an increased risk of developing dementia, research suggests. A London-based study, published in journal BMJ Open, found an association between the neurodegenerative condition and
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A hospital nurse with a history of mental health difficulties put the painkiller Tramadol into the feed of newborn baby in a “moment of madness”, a family court judge has
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More than 100 cases of alleged poor care are to be reviewed at a beleaguered maternity unit, it has been reported. The number of cases at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals
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Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are facing soaring care costs, with many unable to pay for the care they need, a charity has warned. The MS Society has estimated that
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There has been a spike in the number of young people seeking counselling about child-on-child sexual abuse, Childline has said. The children’s charity said it held 3,878 counselling sessions with
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Genetic links to anxiety and depression are to be explored in the largest ever study into the issue, experts have announced. Researchers are calling on people in England to sign
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A London-based nurse who used voodoo threats to traffick vulnerable women from Nigeria to Germany to work as prostitutes faces the possibility of an increase in her 14-year prison sentence.
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A council has been given back control of its services which were stripped away after a child sexual exploitation scandal. The government control of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has been
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