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A domiciliary care agency described as "atrocious" by one care user's relative has been rated inadequate by health and care regulator inspectors. The agency, 42 Alexandra Road, Farnborough, Hampshire provides care calls or 24-hour live-in care...
A mentally ill man who went on a fatal stabbing spree in Birmingham had been released from prison unsupervised, a review found. Paranoid schizophrenic, Zephaniah McLeod, killed Jacob Billington, 23, and hurt seven others in five separate attacks. ...
More than 120,000 people in England are estimated to have died last year while on the NHS waiting list for hospital treatment, according to figures obtained by the Labour Party. If the figure is correct, it represents a record high number for such deaths...
Paediatrician who first raised the alarm about neonatal nurse Lucy Letby , who killed seven babies in her care, has joined calls for NHS Trust executives to be regulated in the same way as doctors. Lead paediatrician at The Countess of Chester...
A one-day old baby died from pneumonia after his mother waited three days to be seen by an obstetrician after her waters broke, a coroner said. Aayam Chongbang was delivered by Caesarean at Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent on 2 August, 2022, but died...
A care home catering for autistic people and those with learning disabilities has been put in special measures. The decision came after the People in Action, 132 Manor Court Road home, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, had an unannounced inspection from...
Grieving parents have been left waiting more than 14 months for answers about why their 12-day-old son died. Elijah Edwards was born at Merthyr Tydfil's Prince Charles Hospital on 25 February 2022 and died after being diagnosed with enterovirus...
A coroner has criticised an NHS trust after the deaths of two mothers from herpes and said that, in one case, antiviral drugs should have been given sooner. Kim Sampson, 29, and Samantha Mulcahy, 32, died six weeks apart in 2018 after having Caesarean...
An inquiry investigating deaths of mental health patients in Essex has been given extra powers, in a victory for campaigners. Health secretary, Steve Barclay, said that the inquiry will be placed on a statutory footing which means it will be able to force...
Former patients of a surgeon who has been struck off say their lives have been ruined by his misconduct. The number of people harmed by Jeremy Parker, who is understood to have retired, is unknown but at least 123 are taking legal action. Mr...
