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A teenager who died after self-harming in a secure mental health hospital did not intend to take his own life, a jury has concluded. Charlie Millers, 17, died on 7 December 2020 on the Junction 17 wing at Prestwich Hospital. The jury at his...
Action has been ordered by a coroner after the death of a two-year-old Lancashire girl, who died after the antibiotics she was prescribed were out of stock. Ava Hodgkinson died from 'overwhelming sepsis 'that was...
An NHS hospital patient took her own life with tubing stolen from medical trolley, a coroner said. Emma Sanders, 34, who had a history of mental illness, was being cared for in a corridor due to overcrowding at Royal Bournemouth Hospital in...
The parents of a premature baby boy who died at St James's Hospital, Leeds, just hours after his birth have described the care he received in hospital as "unacceptable". Benjamin Arnold developed breathing difficulties shortly after...
A coroner is calling for action after an inquest heard a man with severe mental health conditions died from head injuries after banging his head repeatedly for three days. Declan Morrison, 26, had been placed at The 136 Suite, Fulbourn...
There were "missed opportunities" to treat a four-year-old girl who visited A&E and a GP during the 48 hours before her death, an inquest jury found. The child, Makenna-Rose Thackray, had been taken to Pinderfields Hospital,...
The parents of a four-year-old boy who died of sepsis have received an apology and an undisclosed financial settlement from the north London hospital where he was taken four times in a week. Daniel Klosi, who had autism, died at the Royal Free...
A vulnerable woman with schizophrenia who lay dead in her flat for more than three years was "left to fend for herself", her family said. Laura Winham, 41, was found dead in a flat in Woking, Surrey, by her mother and brother, Marilyn and...
An elderly man with swallowing difficulties died by choking in hospital after wrongly being fed jelly. Milton Keynes Coroner's Court heard that Edward Cassin, 67, should not have been given jelly as it turns to liquid in the mouth and causes...
A troubled NHS trust has apologised to the family of a man who died after a series of potentially fatal delays to treat a tumour, in a case that is being investigated by police as possible corporate manslaughter. Richard Harris, 71, died after a...
