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A Lincolnshire care home was devastated after Covid killed two-thirds of its residents, with two staff treated in hospital, in an outbreak the manager described as “horrendous.” Eighteen of 27 residents at The Old Hall, Halton Holegate,...
A midwife has been struck off after she gave a patient, a colleague and a colleague's husband, painkillers without a prescription. The midwife, Michelle Busby, was initially suspended from work at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset, in...
Dozens of babies have died, or been left with brain damage, at a maternity service accused of bad care and neglect, a joint media investigation has confirmed. Between 2010 and 2020, at least 46 babies suffered brain damage and 19 were stillborn at...
A young science teacher who called 999 after complaining she could barely walk died hours later after an operator mistakenly advised her to make her own way to A&E, an inquest heard. Amber Hickford, 26, had said she was experiencing dizziness...
A man took his own life just weeks after a mental health nurse decided he was not an urgent priority, an inquest heard. A GP had referred Stephen Startup, 28, after he told of having suicidal thoughts, but the nurse who did his assessment said it...
The government did not plan adequately for a threat on the scale of coronavirus, according to its spending watchdog, The National Audit Office (NAO), in a new report. The NAO has also urged ministers to develop a strategy to prevent widening...
A mental health patient was pushed to the floor as hospital staff used "disproportionate and unauthorised techniques", health inspectors said. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection took place after concerns were raised about...
A coroner has called for a law change after air pollution contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl. The child, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who lived near the South Circular Road in Lewisham, south-east London, died in 2013. An inquest had found...
A rogue surgeon went “undetected” for years as he carried out unnecessary operations on at least 90 women who may have suffered harm, a report has found. Consultant gynaecologist, Dr Daniel Hay, 55, had no clear reason to operate on...
A campaign by a grieving husband has led to a Welsh hospital board admitting that failings in its care led to the cancer death of a nurse who died there after she was given the all clear. Catherine Jones, 35, developed cancer and died three years...
