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An inquest is to be held into the deaths of two mothers who died from herpes shortly after giving birth. Kim Sampson, 29, and Samantha Mulcahy, 32, gave birth by Caesarean section weeks apart at different hospitals in the East Kent NHS Trust in...
A nurse has been struck off after carrying out hundreds of smear tests she was unqualified to perform. The nurse, Alison Watts, had failed a course but lied to her employer and subsequently performed 461 tests over two years on women in...
A taskforce is being set up to tackle baby deaths in Birmingham, after a report revealed that the city’s infant mortality rates, especially involving families with Pakistani origins, are nearly double the national average. Birmingham City...
The biggest NHS trust in England has been told by regulators that it requires improvement amid concerns about patient safety. Health and care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited three sites run by University Hospitals Birmingham in...
A decision not to "urgently" refer an anorexic woman, whose condition had significantly deteriorated, contributed to her death, a coroner said. The woman, Amanda Bowles, 45, who the inquest heard was discharged from an eating disorder...
Health service regulator finds evidence of racial discrimination and bullying at troubled trust. A culture of bullying and racial discrimination has been found at a hospital trust, according to a health and care regulator inspection report. The Care...
Failures to protect a gifted teenager with anorexia risk being repeated and might lead to more deaths if health bodies fail to take action, a coroner has warned in a new report. Suffolk teenager, Averil Hart, 19, died in December 2012 after...
A Suffolk care home has been placed in special measures after inspectors found residents were inadequately protected from the risk of abuse. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated Baylham Care Centre, near Ipswich, which looks after young adults...
A care home at the centre of a police inquiry about a Covid-19 outbreak has been banned from taking new residents. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited the Holmesley Care Home, Sidmouth, Devon, days before a Covid-19 outbreak led to 11 deaths. ...
People are dying in ambulances and up to 160,000 more a year are coming to harm because they are stuck outside hospitals, unable to be taken into to hospital accident and emergency departments (A&E), a damming report says. Patients are also...
