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Hospitals in England will be offered funding from next month (April 2024) to introduce "Martha's rule", the NHS has announced. The government has backed plans to introduce a system giving seriously ill patients easy access to a...
A GP practice with surgeries in West Sussex has been placed into special measures after an inspection by the health and care regulator. Modality Mid Sussex, which has sites in Crawley, Burgess Hill and two in East Grinstead, was created by the...
A woman died from cervical cancer after abnormalities were missed following two routine smear tests, an inquest heard. Mother-of-two Linda Strode, 54, of Pontblyddyn, Flintshire, died on 2 January 2023 after being diagnosed with untreatable stage...
A South London hospital has been fined £140,000 after an investigation found it failed to ensure the safety of a 21-year-old woman who took her own life ten years ago. Francesca Whyatt, of Knutsford in Cheshire, was a patient on The Priory...
The owner of an inflatable trampoline, which burst killing a three-year-old girl after throwing her 40ft in the air, was jailed for six months for health and safety offences. According to witnesses, Ava-May Littleboy was thrown “the height of...
A midwife who told a patient she was encouraging to breastfeed that terrorists could contaminate milk formula to "kill the babies" has been struck off. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel meeting in Cardiff found that the...
A hospital patient has won a £130,000 settlement after a failed appendix operation. The man has developed lifelong bowel issues since the botched 2018 surgery at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The patient said the settlement was a relief, but he...
Two former directors of a popular trampoline and adventure park pleaded guilty to health and safety offences after scores of visitors were “injured on a daily basis” with 11 sustained fractured spines. Former directors of Flip Out,...
Women who lose babies during pregnancy have been promised better support, including improvements in how remains are collected and stored, following an independent review of the care in England. The government is also to introduce a voluntary...
Patients are at risk of having serious health conditions missed because of a lack of continuity of care provided by GPs, the NHS safety watchdog says. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body said providing continuity of care should be in the...
