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Babies are at risk of harm at a maternity unit judged to have "poor governance and ineffective systems", the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), says. The facility at Horton General Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire,...
A baby boy who lived for only 14 hours died from Group B Strep after "total and complete failures" in his care, an inquest has ruled. Zachary Taylor-Smith developed breathing problems and died in November 2022 after what his parents called...
A surgeon sacked by a hospital after raising safety concerns has accused the trust of a cover-up after a patient was partially blinded during an operation. Juanita Graham, 41, lost the sight in her left eye during an operation at Bath's Royal United...
Maternity services in Manchester must make significant improvements after a deterioration in care, inspectors said. Managers at Wythenshawe and North Manchester General Hospitals were "not always assured staff were competent", a Care...
A family has been awarded compensation after the death of a hospital patient who was not fed for nine days. The man, 56, who had Down's syndrome and dementia, died from pneumonia at Poole Hospital in 2021. The hospital's "shocking...
A construction company has been fined £330,500 after one of its workers was struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator. HACS Construction Ltd, Harrogate, was fined after an investigation by the Health and Safety...
A maternity service run by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has been rated inadequate by health and car regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The maternity services at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital received the lowest rating in a...
Almost 14,000 people died needlessly last year in England while waiting in A&E for up to 12 hours a new estimate suggests. Calculations by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) based on a large study of excess deaths and...
Families have shared their concerns about a mental health unit that was the subject of more than 4,600 phone calls to police during a two-year period. The BBC spoke to families about staff reportedly sleeping on shifts and poison being used by a...
An investigation has been launched into the death of a mother-of-two who became unconscious while waiting in an accident and emergency (A&E) unit. The woman was found in a chair underneath her coat on 19 January at Queen's Medical Centre,...
