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Care workers tell inquest of residents being humiliated and subjected to appalling levels of care

By Rod Minchin, Reporter4th February 2021News Wales

Staff at a scandal-hit nursing home have told an inquest how elderly residents were humiliated and suffered poor standards of care. Seven residents who lived at Brithdir nursing home in

Care home resident so neglected he was left looking like ‘prisoner of war camp’ inmate, inquest told

By Rod Minchin, Reporter29th January 2021News Wales

An elderly nursing home resident was so neglected by staff that he was left looking like an inmate in a prisoner of war camp, his daughter told an inquest. Stanley

Singer Will Young ‘astounded’ that tragic twin brother not assessed by consultant psychiatrist

By Emma Bowden, Reporter26th January 2021News England

Singer Will Young has questioned why his twin brother was not assessed by a consultant psychiatrist when he was admitted to hospital after trying to take his own life, just

Crown Office investigating 474 care homes in Scotland over Covid deaths – BBC report

By The Press Association22nd January 202122nd January 2021News Scotland

Cases of Covid-linked deaths are being investigated at more than 450 care homes in Scotland, it has been reported. According to the BBC, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s

Woman with dementia died after developing bedsores at nursing home, inquest hears

By Adam Hale, Reporter21st January 2021News Wales

A woman with dementia was neglected by nursing home staff and left to develop infected bedsores in the months leading up to her death, an inquest has heard. June Hamer,

Health board apologises to families after hospital report into infection issues

By The Press Association22nd December 2020News Scotland

A health board has apologised to families after an interim report into infection issues found failings at one of Scotland’s newest hospitals. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Oversight Board was

‘Gross failure’ of basic care contributed to death of baby girl poisoned by drug overdose – coroner

By Ryan Hooper, Reporter17th December 2020News England

An 11-month-old girl who died in hospital was let down by “a gross failure to provide basic medical care” after she was injected with five times the required dose of

Hampshire social services confirms review to be held into care of murdered teenager

By Ben Mitchell, Reporter11th December 2020News England

A review is to be held into the care provided by social services to murdered teenager Louise Smith. Shane Mays, 30, from Havant, Hampshire, was jailed for life and must

Review into baby deaths at NHS trust finds some staff blamed grieving mothers for loss of children

By Josh Payne and Matthew Cooper, Reporters10th December 2020News England

A review into baby deaths at a scandal-hit NHS trust said maternity staff had caused distress to patients by using “inappropriate language” and blaming grieving mothers for their loss. The

Couple ‘failed by every agency’ welcome inquiry’s call for investigation into ‘cover-up’ of daughter’s death

By Ben Mitchell, Reporter27th November 2020News England

The parents of baby Elizabeth Dixon who have spent nearly 20 years fighting a “cover-up” over their daughter’s treatment and death have welcomed an independent inquiry’s calls for a police

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Care workers tell inquest of residents being humiliated and subjected to appalling levels of care

Care home resident so neglected he was left looking like ‘prisoner of war camp’ inmate, inquest told

Singer Will Young ‘astounded’ that tragic twin brother not assessed by consultant psychiatrist

Crown Office investigating 474 care homes in Scotland over Covid deaths – BBC report

Woman with dementia died after developing bedsores at nursing home, inquest hears

Health board apologises to families after hospital report into infection issues

‘Gross failure’ of basic care contributed to death of baby girl poisoned by drug overdose – coroner

Review into baby deaths at NHS trust finds some staff blamed grieving mothers for loss of children

Couple ‘failed by every agency’ welcome inquiry’s call for investigation into ‘cover-up’ of daughter’s death

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

Four teenagers and man guilty of murdering two boys in case of mistaken identity

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Tag: Serious / Significant Case Review / Inquest

Care workers tell inquest of residents being humiliated and subjected to appalling levels of care

Care home resident so neglected he was left looking like ‘prisoner of war camp’ inmate, inquest told

Singer Will Young ‘astounded’ that tragic twin brother not assessed by consultant psychiatrist

Crown Office investigating 474 care homes in Scotland over Covid deaths – BBC report

Woman with dementia died after developing bedsores at nursing home, inquest hears

Health board apologises to families after hospital report into infection issues

‘Gross failure’ of basic care contributed to death of baby girl poisoned by drug overdose – coroner

Hampshire social services confirms review to be held into care of murdered teenager

Review into baby deaths at NHS trust finds some staff blamed grieving mothers for loss of children

Couple ‘failed by every agency’ welcome inquiry’s call for investigation into ‘cover-up’ of daughter’s death