Bereaved families have branded a loophole over coroners’ warnings on preventable deaths a “systemic scandal” and called for an independent body to make sure recommendations are implemented. After an inquest,
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The number of hospital patients in England testing positive for Covid-19 has climbed to a five-month high, in a fresh sign the virus is circulating more widely among the population.
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Serious incidents are being reported every half an hour in mental healthcare settings in England, highlighting the “crisis” the system is in, the charity Mind has said. Analysis of Care
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Inquests have been opened and adjourned into the deaths of a further 10 former patients of disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson. The coroner, judge Richard Foster, said he “had reason
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A father said he wants to create “a legacy” for his six-year-old son who died of cancer after delivering a petition to Parliament that would provide better financial support for
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A nurse has been found guilty of ill-treating patients on a hospital stroke unit by giving them sedatives to “keep them quiet and compliant”. Catherine Hudson (pictured), 54, drugged two
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The family of a five-year-old boy who died a week after he was sent home from a hospital emergency department has rejected a report which found that his care was
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Woman and older people are less likely to receive gold-standard NHS care for heart problems compared with men and younger people, a study suggests. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) slammed
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Covid triaging was “abysmal” as some people were refused medical care while battling the virus, the UK Covid-19 inquiry has heard. Alan Wightman, representing the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, told
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A corporate manslaughter investigation has begun following nurse Lucy Letby’s murder convictions. Letby, 33, was sentenced to a whole life order after she was convicted of the murders of seven
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