One in four NHS wards routinely operate at unsafe staffing levels that threaten patient safety, experts have warned. Researchers at the University of Southampton said that lessons learned from the
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A doctor who received a suspended jail sentence over the death of a six-year-old boy can practise again, a medical tribunal has ruled. Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba has not worked since
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A paediatrician bidding to return to work following her conviction over the death of a six-year-old boy has done “everything she can to put things right”, a medical tribunal has
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Poor standards of clinical practice at NHS Borders are putting vulnerable adults and children at risk, a senior staff member has claimed. Dawn Saunders, head of audiology at the health
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A health board’s treatment of 14 breast cancer patients who died will be reviewed by an independent expert after bosses admitted hundreds of patients were given lower doses of chemotherapy.
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More than 600 emergency Caesarean sections and up to 100 stillbirths could be prevented each year if NHS hospitals followed official guidelines on multiple births, a study has found. The
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Three prison officers who subjected vulnerable teenagers to daily abuse at a detention centre in 1970s and 1980s have been jailed after a judge said their behaviour breached the public’s
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Care inspectors have identified key strengths in the way children and young people in need of care and protection in Fife are supported and cared for. Inspectors noted that robust
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Care home managers will still receive too much power under reforms linked to the detention of vulnerable people, according to Labour. Shadow health minister Barbara Keeley said improvements have been
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Measuring the Mountain (MtM), a unique initiative gathering people’s experiences of social care throughout Wales, share their findings in a new report. The report is the first of its kind
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