A review following the death of an obese teenager should leave “no stone unturned”, a charity has said. Disabled Kaylea Titford (pictured), 16, weighed almost 23 stone when she was
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Staff will be compelled to give evidence to an inquiry examining around 2,000 mental health patient deaths if there is not a “quantum leap” in co-operation, according to the Government.
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Surrey County Council failed to follow up on police concerns for the welfare of a vulnerable woman who lay dead in her flat for years, an inquest has been told.
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A review into the disputes that can arise between families and medics in the care of critically ill children will be led by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, it has
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No part of Scotland was “immune” to abuse of children in foster care over more than eight decades, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has been
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A mother-of-five who was stabbed and strangled to death in a suspected murder-suicide had made a complaint to police of harassment on the day before her death, a pre-inquest review
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The new chairman of the public inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland has appointed four counsel. Lord Brailsford was appointed chairman in October following the resignation
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Lord Brailsford has “pressed the reset button” on Scotland’s coronavirus inquiry after it was plunged into crisis when the judge originally set to run it quit alongside four senior lawyers,
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A child safeguarding board has apologised for failures in the case of a five-year-old boy who was murdered by family members, as calls were made for a Wales-wide review of
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There is an obligation for all agencies involved in the care, support and protection of children, young people and adults at risk to ensure that the highest possible standards of
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