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Transplant surgeon who branded patients’ livers struck off medical register A surgeon who burned his initials on to the livers of two patients during transplant surgery has been struck off the medical register. Simon Bramhall, 57, admitted using an...
An “Evil fraudster” who cheated an elderly woman she was employed to care for out of almost £19,000, has been jailed. Corina Rose Lyons’ crimes forced the seriously ill, wheelchair-bound woman to sell her house, move to...
Young people cared for by an NHS mental health service came to harm because of its failings, health and care regulator inspectors said. Care provided by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) was rated "inadequate" by the...
The mother of a man who took his own life has said bereaved families are left "in limbo" by a mental health trust's delays in providing serious incident reports. Local health officials have raised concerns about extended delays in...
A coroner has criticised a care home over its "significant management failure" after a mentally disabled patient choked to death on a marshmallow. Patrick Casey, 41, from Birmingham, died on April 5 2019 at Barnet Hospital after being...
A woman whose son was stillborn wants to change the law so an inquest can investigate how he died. Katie Wood's son Oscar was stillborn on 29 March 2015, but the law in England and Wales, does not allow inquests for stillborn babies. The...
The former theme park operator has been fined £1m after a girl died on a ride but the penalty will never be paid as it is in administration. The girl, Evha Jannath, 11, who could not swim, was on the Splash Canyon rapids ride at Drayton Manor,...
A Coroner has accused the NHS of duping the public by referring to unqualified call handlers as ‘health advisers’ after blaming them for the death of a teenager. Teenager Hannah Royle’s father, Jeff, called the 111 hotline...
The health and care regulator said it "had significant concerns" about the care and safety of people using a mental health service. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said Black Country Healthcare Trust's acute wards for working age...
Shortages of care staff, who support older or disabled people in the community, are causing major problems for the NHS because they are stuck in hospitals as they have no where to go, according to BBC news. NHS Providers, which represents health...
