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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The chief executive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust responded to the Ockenden report by saying she was confident its services are safe. Louise Barnett (pictured) also said
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Women in England will have continued access to early abortion care at home after MPs supported a law change. The Government changed the regulations during the first coronavirus lockdown in
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Some 201 babies and nine mothers could have – or would have – survived if an NHS trust had provided better care, an independent inquiry into the UK’s biggest maternity
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A 2013 investigation commissioned by local NHS managers into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust concluded services were safe, meaning failings were allowed to continue. The study,
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A couple have praised the ambulance call handler who helped them delivery their premature baby while on holiday in Scotland, describing the emergency service worker as part of their “family
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Women should be able to continue to access abortion care at home, peers have demanded. The House of Lords backed the retention of the service, which the Government had decided
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A pregnant woman detained under the terms of mental health legislation is capable of deciding whether to have an abortion even though doctors say such a move would not be
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The Government is ignoring advice from medical experts and women by withdrawing an at-home early abortion service introduced during the pandemic, ministers have heard. Labour former minister Dame Diana Johnson
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A woman with Down’s syndrome has been given the go-ahead to take her case against the Government – over legislation which allows the abortion of babies with the condition up
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