Latest News
The NHS is in such a terrible state that the next government should declare it a national emergency, health experts are warning, as figures reveal that record numbers of cancer patients are being denied treatment within target deadlines. ...
A coroner has ruled that there was "gross failure in medical care amounting to neglect" in the death of a baby who was not given a routine vitamin after birth. William Moris-Patto was born at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, in July...
A Bradford care home has been put into special measures after inspectors found it was not "a safe, clean place" for residents to live. Rose Cottage, which cares for 14 people, some with dementia, was rated inadequate by health and care...
A self-employed carpenter died after hospital doctors thought his sickness and headaches caused by a tumour were due to appendicitis and that a scan revealing an anomaly in his brain was a computer error. Joshua Warner, ,25, experienced ...
A Norfolk surgeon who left two patients with life-changing injuries has received a formal warning by a disciplinary panel. Camilo Valero Valdivieso was found guilty of "serious misconduct" by an independent medical panel after two...
An NHS hospital trust in Nottingham failed to send more than 400,000 digital letters and documents to GPs and patients. The trust says a full investigation took place in 2017 and found no significant harm to patients but it has now said it will...
A nurse at one of the country's worst rated children's wards has been found guilty of misconduct concerning her treatment of a vulnerable toddler. The child, Jorgie Stanton-Watts, 23 months, died from dehydration and sepsis after a series of...
A man died after hospital staff missed "multiple chances" to detect his cancer, an inquest has heard. Paul Johnson's illness went undiagnosed for two years after a scan at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital first detected a...
A mental health trust is to be prosecuted by the health and care regulator after three patients died in its care. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is bringing charges against the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Trust. It is thought the...
Mothers and their babies were put "at risk" due to problematic staffing levels at a hospital trust, the health and care regulator found. Unannounced inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found several areas of concern at...
