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A misplaced breathing tube contributed to the death of a teenage boy who became the UK's first known child victim of COVID, a coroner has found. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, of Brixton, southwest London, died of acute respiratory distress...
More than 500 seriously ill patients died in 2022 before they could get hospital treatment after the ambulance they requested took up to 15 hours to reach them, a Guardian newspaper investigation has revealed. The fatalities included people who had...
The parents, children, siblings and friends of thousands of people infected with HIV and hepatitis in the contaminated blood scandal should be eligible for compensation, an inquiry has ruled, with the payout likely to be the one of the largest in...
Inadequate communication, care and record keeping contributed to the death of a young man who absconded from a mental health unit, an inquest jury at Essex Coroner's Court concluded. Jayden Booroff, 23, fled Finchingfield Ward at The Linden...
A patient in a secure mental health unit died after another patient injected him with heroin smuggled in after staff failed to identify the risk he posed, an inquest ruled. Desmond Maddix, 36, died on 1 July 2017 after the other patient smuggled 10...
Ambulance delays in Cornwall "significantly reduced" the chances of a man surviving a stroke, an inquest heard. Tony Reedman, 54, died four days after suffering a stroke while on holiday in Cornwall in June 2021. The inquest heard he...
A man died days before his wedding due to serious failings at a hospital in North East London, an ombudsman ruled. The parliamentary and health service ombudsman (PHSO) said the death of Andy Shewan's, 75, was "avoidable" and he...
Hospital inspectors have raised concerns about the safety of maternity care at an NHS trust where dozens of babies died unnecessarily. Health and care regulator, The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is threatening East Kent Hospitals trust with...
Simon Howard, scion of the aristocratic Howard family, which has lived at Castle Howard, near York, for 300 years, died after being given too much insulin while being treated in York Hospital, an inquest has ruled. Younger son of the late Baron...
The managers of a food waste plant where two members of staff drowned in a tanker of pig feed have been jailed and the company fined £2m. Nathan Walker, 19, died after falling into the tanker while cleaning it at Greenfeeds Ltd, Normanton,...
