Teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland’s social worker was never told she had undergone an assessment under the Mental Health Act just weeks before she disappeared, an inquest heard. Sarah Lock said she
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Muckamore Abbey Hospital was known as a “place to be feared”, the father of a boy who spent time there in the 1990s has said. Michael Overend from west Belfast
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A former soldier’s head and hands were held down on a hot cooker and he was lied to about his real family, an inquiry has heard. Stewart Wilson was one
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An emergency services clinician should have organised a face-to-face mental health assessment for teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland on the day she disappeared, an inquest has heard. The clinician spoke to the
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There are calls for a nationwide independent inquiry into children’s services in Wales to prevent tragedies like the murder of Logan Mwangi murder from happening again. The five-year-old (pictured) was
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The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into The Captain Tom Foundation after identifying concerns about the charity’s management and independence from the late veteran’s family. The watchdog opened a
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Bruising to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ back was “ignored” by social services, the chair of the Government’s safeguarding review has told MPs. Caroline Johnson, a Conservative MP on the Commons’ Education Select
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The death of a vulnerable man who was hit by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital has sparked a criminal investigation into the care provider and its
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A senior health chief has vowed to work to rebuild trust following a damning report into the response to complaints raised about a Belfast neurologist. The Independent Neurology Inquiry found
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A doctor who attempted to cover up the true circumstances of the death in 1995 of a four-year-old patient has been struck off. Consultant paediatric anaesthetist Dr Robert Taylor dishonestly
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