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A young mother died after a breathing tube was put into her food pipe, even though staff warned that it was inserted incorrectly, an inquest heard. Emma Currell, 32, had just received dialysis and was heading home to Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in an...
A woman whose partner died after having an AstraZeneca jab became the first person to receive compensation after a Covid vaccine death. Vikki Spit's former rock singer fiancé, Zion Lord, 48, of Alston, Cumbria, fell ill eight days after...
A WOMAN who was left with ‘almost no front teeth’ following treatment by a York dentist has received £25,000 in an out-court-settlement. Audra Weston, a 55-year-old cleaner from York, was a long-term patient with Dr Jonathan...
A hospital trust has apologised after a vulnerable woman admitted to a mental health unit took her own life. Emily Caldicott, 25, was admitted to hospital in Worcester on 19 March 2020 after an overdose and was found unresponsive in her room two...
The health and care regulator has said that a York care home for the elderly "requires improvement" after it fell below the required standards for the eighth time in succession. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors visited The Lodge,...
Four carers have been found guilty of ill-treating patients at a secure hospital, following a BBC Panorama investigation. Nine former staff at Whorlton Hall, near Barnard Castle, County Durham, had faced a total of 27 charges. Five of those on trial...
The NHS is facing “the greatest workforce crisis” in its history, which is putting patients at serious risk of harm, an influential group of MPs has warned. A report by the the cross-party Commons Health and Social Care Select...
Maternity services at Harrogate District Hospital have been rated as "requiring improvement" by the health and care regulator. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found there was no clear system in place to identify risks to people in the...
An NHS trust has been fined £8,000 for failing to obtain consent from a deaf man, or his family, for hospital procedures. Health and care regulator, The Care Quality Commission (CQC) issued two fixed penalty notices to University Hospitals...
An agency midwife has been reported to the nursing regulator after a coroner raised concerns about a baby's death. The baby, Raniya Khan, died in May 2020, 19 days after she was born at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Senior Berkshire...
