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Baby's inquest finds serious hospital failures after family's £250k battle

  A coroner has found neglect and failure to provide adequate medical care contributed to the preventable death of six-day old baby, Hayden Nguyen, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London in 2016. The coroner’s verdict came after his parents...

NHS review into Nottingham triple killer's care finds major failings

  A series of failings in the care of Valdo Calocane before he killed three people in Nottingham in 2023, have been identified by an independent report. The report reveals that “the system got it wrong” with Calocane, who stabbed to death...

From contaminated blood to birth trauma, how female NHS patients' concerns are ignored

  Female NHS patients raising concerns are too often “gaslighted”, “fobbed off” or dismissed as “difficult women” England’s patient safety commissioner, Henrietta Hughes, has warned. She said: “It shows...

Coroner calls for new blood clot tests after teenage girl's death

  A coroner has called for new screening tests to detect blood clots in children after the death of a 13-year-old girl.  Lilly Proctor died on 3 April 2022 in Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, after collapsing at home. She had previously...

Hospital 'left woman to die' after cancelled surgeries, family claim

  The family of a woman who died after surgeries at Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) were cancelled five times claim the hospital "left her die." Sarah Crowley's family said the grandmother's death in May 2023 was "heartbreaking...

Son who killed parents 'could have had treatment', inquest told

  There were "significant time lapses" in mental health treatment for a man who killed his parents during a psychotic episode, an inquest heard. James Andrews, known to his family as Duncan, killed Mary, 76, and Bryan Andrews, 79, at their...

NHS spends £14.7bn a year treating patients in England hurt by care mistakes, says report.

  The  NHS  is forced to spend a “staggering” £14.7bn a year treating people who have been harmed by mistakes during their care, a report reveals. And a stark north/south patient safety divide is apparent in  England ,...

Mother died after doctors missed heart problem

  A woman who suffered repeated blackouts died after doctors failed to diagnose her irregular heartbeat, despite it being indicated in tests. Rose Fuentebaja, a nurse, from Stratford-upon-Avon, had been in hospital for a week when she suffered a...

Mum stunned by care 'failings' revealed after her daughter's death

  The mother of a woman who killed herself by ingesting a poisonous substance she sourced online has criticised "failings and misunderstandings" in her daughter's care. Beth Langton, 22, who had been diagnosed with a personality disorder...

Hospital's sepsis errors caused girl's 'preventable' death

  A three-year-old girl’s death could have been prevented if hospital staff had followed sepsis guidelines, a coroner ruled. Zadie Ajetunmobi was taken to Broomfield Hospital, Essex, with a temperature of 40 degrees (104F) on 10 November 2022,...
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