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An international lung expert was beaten to death by his son who escaped from a psychiatric hospital after the health board ignored repeated warnings from the victim and his wife, believing they were abusing their position as doctors to get...
A new mother in a in north Wales hospital was confused for another patient and mistakenly fitted with contraceptive coil after a Caesarean section operation. Meanwhile, another patient in north Wales almost had the wrong toe removed during surgery...
Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen again in a new low recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey. More than 3,000 people were polled by the National Centre for Social Research across England, Wales and Scotland last...
A two-week-old baby died because a “gross failure to provide basic medical attention” meant a blood disorder was not identified in his mother, a senior coroner has ruled. Orlando Davis suffered a fatal brain injury when he was born by...
The NHS paid out tens of millions of pounds after maternity failings at a hospital trust which is the subject of a major inquiry. A total of £101m, including legal fees, was paid in claims against Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) between...
An NHS trust has apologised and reached a settlement with the family of a man who died an "unnecessary" death. Ralph Sims died following complications five weeks after heart surgery at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, in...
The NHS has spent £4.1bn during the last 11 years settling lawsuits involving babies who suffered brain damage during birth. The service paid out just under £3.6bn in damages in 1,307 cases in which parents were left to care...
Hospitals are burying evidence about poor care in a “cover-up culture” that leads to avoidable deaths and families being denied the truth about their loved ones, the NHS ombudsman has warned. Ministers, NHS leaders and...
A total of 109 warnings to health bodies and the government highlighting long NHS waits, staff shortages or a lack of NHS resources were sent by coroners in England and Wales in 2023, the BBC has found. Prevention of future death reports (PFDs) are...
Victims of the UK contaminated blood scandal could receive more than £2.5m compensation under a multibillion-pound scheme after a damning public inquiry report blamed the NHS and government for the tragedy. Paymaster general, John Glen,...
