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Student rugby player's death 'contributed to by hospital neglect'

  The inquest into the death of a student rugby player has ruled that hospital neglect contributed to her death. Maddy Lawrence, 20, died from an infection at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, in March 2022, a fortnight after she dislocated her hip during...

Delays for heart patients at Swansea emergency department

  Patients with heart attack symptoms are not being seen quickly enough at a Swansea emergency department, a report has found. Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has reported 25 areas where improvements were necessary at Morriston Hospital. Delays...

Danger signs missed missed by agencies and police in teenage boys suicide inquest rules.

  Inadequate responses from agencies, the Metropolitan Police and British Transport Police may have contributed to a teenage boy's suicide, an inquest jury found. Samuel Howes, 17, from Purley, southeast London, died on a railway in Croydon in...

Surgeon harmed 20 patients with 'unacceptable' conduct, report finds

  A leading spinal surgeon’s botched operations left patients with serious blood loss, long-term pain and mobility problems, a damning report has revealed. The report found that John Bradley Williamson’s “unacceptable and...

Multiple agency failures contributed to teen's death, coroner rules

  A teenager who died after an attempt to end their life in hospital while waiting for a mental health bed was repeatedly failed, a coroner concluded. Madeleine Savory, 15, died at Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, in February 2022 and the coroner said...

Critical report issued following 'serious concerns' after Betsi Cadwaladr patient death

  A critical report has been issued to a health board amid concerns it did not address failings after a patient died. North Wales coroner, Kate Sutherland, issued a prevention of future deaths notice to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board ahead...

Care home manager Caroline Taylforth to pay £55k over resident deaths

  The former manager of a care home has been ordered to pay more than £55,000 after the deaths of two residents. One patient, Patricia Sutton, 77, died after choking at Rossendale Nursing Home in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, in November 2019 and...

Police investigate possible corporate manslaughter at Letby hospital

  Police are investigating possible corporate manslaughter at the hospital where serial killer Lucy Letby worked. The former nurse, 33, was jailed in August for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester...

Inquiry into Lucy Letby killings will have power to force witnesses to give evidence

  Witnesses will be forced to give evidence at the inquiry into how  Lucy Letby was able to murder seven babies, the health secretary has announced, in a move demanded by victims’ families. Health secretary, Steve Barclay, announced the...

Gym and leisure chain fined £2.5m over death of three-year-old boy in Leeds.

  One of Britain’s biggest gym and leisure chains has been fined more than £2.5m after a three-year-old boy drowned in one of its swimming pools. David Lloyd Leisure was fined at  Leeds  Crown Court after the company pleaded...
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