Families affected by alleged maternity failures at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) have called for an independent review of the services led by Donna Ockenden. A group of 100 mothers have
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Hospital inspectors have found repeated maternity failings at one of England’s largest NHS trusts and expressed serious concern about the safety of mothers and babies. The Care Quality Commission (CQC)
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A patient who was struck by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital had been assessed as a low suicide risk, a doctor has told an inquest. Matthew
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A judge has approved a £1.1 million damages settlement for a teenager who suffered a severe upper body injury during birth. Deputy High Court judge Clare Padley concluded at a
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There is a “constant expectation” that women’s health services and care can be “done on the cheap”, an MP has said. Alicia Kearns, who told the House of Commons she
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The Government is being urged to extend a life assurance scheme for nursing staff who contract Covid at work. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that after this week,
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Scotland has recorded more than more than 9,000 new cases of coronavirus and another 35 deaths as the number of people in hospital with the virus rose again. The latest
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The parents of a nine-year-old girl said they had trusted a doctor who 26 years later is accused of covering up her death, a tribunal has heard. Dr Heather Steen
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Ministers are not meeting their commitments to improve cancer care in England, a new report has concluded. Experts advising MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee examined the pledges
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Detectives working alongside and liaising with the Ockenden Report team are looking into approximately 600 cases, the Health Secretary told Parliament. Following the release of the final version of the
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