A mentally ill man died in “inhumane and degrading” conditions at a detention centre after a catalogue of “gross failures” by doctors, Home Office staff and other organisations, an inquest
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A care worker targeted “the most vulnerable” people in a care home so they would not be able to speak out when she sexually abused them, according to a new
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Treating A&E patients in corridors is becoming “the norm”, leading nurses have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said accident and emergency departments are being put under “intolerable pressure”
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Inspectors have reported major weaknesses in the way children and young people in need of care and protection are supported and cared for in Orkney. The Care Inspectorate looked at
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A judge has raised concerns about delays in treating a severely-disabled teenager thought to have had toothache for the best part of five months. Mr Justice Hayden described the way
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Relatives of vulnerable patients allegedly abused in hospital in Northern Ireland have urged the health minister to call a public inquiry. Police suspect 1,500 criminal assaults over a number of
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A doctor who worked with the same private healthcare firm as rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been suspended over concerns about patient treatment. Mike Walsh had been working at
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The family of a woman who “effectively starved to death” while in psychiatric care have won a High Court fight for a new inquest into her death. Jennifer Lewis, 45,
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Services for older people in the Scottish Borders are improving, say inspectors after a follow-up inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate. A 2017 inspection had identified some
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Cancer patients in England are not being given enough information about their diseases due to NHS staff shortages, a leading charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support said at least 120,000
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