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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...
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...
