A grieving father whose baby daughter died due to maternity failings has said he feels “worthless” following a Supreme Court ruling likely to bar him from claiming compensation. Robert Miller’s
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Campaigners have welcomed the conviction of a Christian preacher who protested in a protected space outside an abortion clinic, saying it shows why national guidance that is not “watered down”
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Criminal sanctions for abortion could be removed in England and Wales under new proposals to be tabled by MPs. Labour backbenchers have outlined plans to move amendments to the Criminal
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Failures in language interpretation in the NHS were linked to about 80 babies coming to harm, with some even dying, according to an investigation. BBC Radio 4’s File On 4
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Millions of women will be able to get free contraceptive pills on the high street without having to see a GP under new NHS plans. Starting next month, women in
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Changes to the law which could have seen couples become a surrogate child’s legal parents at birth will not be taken forward “at the moment”, a health minister has said.
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Women are still being harassed outside abortion services a year after MPs voted to create buffer zones to prevent protesters gathering outside clinics and hospitals, medical and abortion groups said.
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A pregnant 11-year-old girl who has twice been raped by teenage boys should have a termination, a High Court judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot was told how the girl
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The head of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUHT) has said he is “pleased” by the progress made in maternity care but said its improved rating is “not good enough”,
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is investigating potential criminal offences in the cases of three serious maternity incidents at an under-review NHS trust. The CQC said it is assessing whether
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