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A care home catering for autistic people and those with learning disabilities has been put in special measures. The decision came after the People in Action, 132 Manor Court Road home, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, had an unannounced inspection from...
Grieving parents have been left waiting more than 14 months for answers about why their 12-day-old son died. Elijah Edwards was born at Merthyr Tydfil's Prince Charles Hospital on 25 February 2022 and died after being diagnosed with enterovirus...
A coroner has criticised an NHS trust after the deaths of two mothers from herpes and said that, in one case, antiviral drugs should have been given sooner. Kim Sampson, 29, and Samantha Mulcahy, 32, died six weeks apart in 2018 after having Caesarean...
An inquiry investigating deaths of mental health patients in Essex has been given extra powers, in a victory for campaigners. Health secretary, Steve Barclay, said that the inquiry will be placed on a statutory footing which means it will be able to force...
Former patients of a surgeon who has been struck off say their lives have been ruined by his misconduct. The number of people harmed by Jeremy Parker, who is understood to have retired, is unknown but at least 123 are taking legal action. Mr...
A coroner said a ‘delay’ in treatment of a teenager who died following a ‘catastrophic’ labour contributed to her death. Teegan Barnard, 17, suffered a cardiac arrest two hours after her healthy baby boy, Parker, was born at...
Maternity services at two North Yorkshire hospitals in have been rated inadequate by the health and care regulator. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it was concerned "people couldn't access services" at York and Scarborough...
Neonatal nurse, Lucy Letby, will never be released from prison after being given a whole-life jail tariff for the murder of seven babies in her care. Letby, 33, who committed the crimes at Countess of Chester Hospital was also convicted at...
Patients who underwent brain operations at a West Midlands NHS trust suffered unnecessarily because of poor surgical outcomes, a report has found. More than 150 deep brain stimulation surgery cases at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) trust are...
A quarter of a million children in the UK with mental health problems have been denied help by the NHS as it struggles to manage surging caseloads against a backdrop of a child mental health crisis. Some NHS trusts are failing to offer...
