A review describing a toxic culture of bullying at one of the country’s largest NHS trusts shows its “reluctance to accept criticism”, a health watchdog has said. Rob Behrens (pictured),
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Around 1,500 more patients of convicted breast surgeon Ian Paterson will be recalled so their treatment can be investigated. Spire Healthcare, which runs private hospitals, said the patients were being
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A woman has been charged with the murder of a five-year-old boy who died while in her care last January. Elena Anghel appeared at Leamington Justice Centre on Thursday and
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The death of a one-year-old boy at a nursery is being treated as “suspicious” by police, with six women arrested in connection with the incident. West Midlands Police said a
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Police investigating the death of a child have begun searching a garden after receiving information about the possible burial of human remains. West Midlands Police said the search operation at
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A blunder at a lab which saw thousands of positive Covid-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people, according to new estimates. The error
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A young mother killed by her “obsessive” partner feared social services would “take her baby away” if she kept reporting his “controlling” and violent behaviour to police, her aunt told
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A further 13 inquests have been opened into the deaths of former patients of the disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson. Consultant Paterson (pictured), 62, was convicted in 2017 of 17
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Birmingham City Council will repay a city family more than 11 years of care home fees after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found the family should never have
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The council leadership in two areas where vulnerable children were murdered need to be held to account about their failings, ministers have been told. A cross-party group of MPs has
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