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A law student who died after four remote GP appointments was likely to have lived if he had been seen face-to-face, a coroner has ruled. David Nash died in November 2020 after developing mastoiditis in his ear, which caused an abscess on his brain. ...
The families of three patients who died after having the same specialised endoscopy procedure have accepted damages from an NHS trust. The patients all died after having an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) carried out at Nottingham...
Relatives of a woman who collapsed and died some time after doctors failed to diagnose her heart condition have been suggested to take their secondary victim psychiatric injury claim to the Supreme Court. The suggestion came from Master of The Rolls, Sir...
A hospital trust has been fined more than £1.3m after admitting failures in care that contributed to the deaths of two patients. Mohammed Ismael Zaman, 31, died of severe blood loss while undergoing dialysis at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in...
A coroner has called for action to resolve a national shortage of haematologists after a teenage girl’s death from leukaemia. Katie Wilkins, 14, died after failures in her treatment at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool. She had...
More than 1,300 patients a year are having NHS funding for their palliative care withdrawn after living longer than expected, according to analysis by the BBC. Terminally ill, or rapidly declining, patients are given fast-track support, allowing...
A nurse who recorded she had given medication to care home residents when she had actually delegated the task to unqualified staff, has been struck off. Adelaide Maloane was working a night shift at Somerleigh Court in Dorchester, Dorset, in August...
Mid and South Essex NHS Trust paid £103m in compensation in the past 10 years following failings in its maternity department, according to a Freedom of Information request. The Trust also had the highest number of successful clinical...
A series of mistakes contributed to the death of a baby two days after being born, an inquest has found . Quinn Parker was delivered by emergency Caesarean section at City Hospital, Nottingham, in July 2021 but he had suffered oxygen starvation in...
Many patients are being prescribed unnecessary and even harmful treatments, a report warns. The review, in England, suggests one-tenth of items dispensed by primary care are inappropriate or could be changed. The government is appointing a...
