Jeremy Hunt has called for an inquiry into the safety of maternity services amid reports of avoidable baby deaths at NHS hospitals. The former health secretary raised the issue of
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Two residential child care workers from Gwynedd have been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers in Wales after a hearing found their fitness to practise was impaired because
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A three-year independent review has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ of Scotland’s care system, making more than 80 recommendations to completely reform the system. Launched by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola
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Hospital bosses have agreed to pay millions of pounds to help cover care costs for a six-year-old boy who suffered brain damage at birth. A lawyer representing the boy gave
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An independent inquiry into how rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson was able to go on performing unnecessary operations for years has uncovered a healthcare system “dysfunctional at almost every level”.
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The number of social care providers forced to cut support for vulnerable adults has doubled in the past year because of financial pressures, according to new research. One in five
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Children who are sexually abused by family members are going “unseen and unheard” by agencies who are “woefully ill-equipped” to deal with the issue, according to a new report. Children
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The parents of a disabled teenager who composed award-winning poetry by blinking at letters have said they are “surprised and disappointed” after an inquest found the care he received in
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A “chasm” exists between the mental health care youngsters need and what is available, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned. England is still a decade away from offering a
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A further 26 cases are being investigated after a coroner found the death of a seven-day old baby was “wholly avoidable”. Health Minister Nadine Dorries said an investigation into the
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