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A coroner said a ‘delay’ in treatment of a teenager who died following a ‘catastrophic’ labour contributed to her death. Teegan Barnard, 17, suffered a cardiac arrest two hours after her healthy baby boy, Parker, was born at...
Maternity services at two North Yorkshire hospitals in have been rated inadequate by the health and care regulator. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it was concerned "people couldn't access services" at York and Scarborough...
Neonatal nurse, Lucy Letby, will never be released from prison after being given a whole-life jail tariff for the murder of seven babies in her care. Letby, 33, who committed the crimes at Countess of Chester Hospital was also convicted at...
Patients who underwent brain operations at a West Midlands NHS trust suffered unnecessarily because of poor surgical outcomes, a report has found. More than 150 deep brain stimulation surgery cases at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) trust are...
A quarter of a million children in the UK with mental health problems have been denied help by the NHS as it struggles to manage surging caseloads against a backdrop of a child mental health crisis. Some NHS trusts are failing to offer...
Details of the wrong person were copied into a woman's care plan by care home staff in the weeks before she died, an inquest heard. Janice Hopper, 74, was taken to hospital from Windmill House, Wymondham, Norfolk in January 2022 after she...
An elderly woman who survived Covid, died after her routine medication was not restarted, a coroner has heard. Nora Foulkes, 87, suffered from hypothyroidism, but her routine treatment was stopped when she contracted Covid in December 2020. She...
An elderly woman who survived Covid, died after her routine medication was not restarted, a coroner has heard. Nora Foulkes, 87, suffered from hypothyroidism, but her routine treatment was stopped when she contracted Covid in December 2020. She...
Up to 600 patients are being recalled by a hospital after concerns were raised about shoulder operations. Some patients say that they have lost the use of their arm after surgery at Walsall Manor Hospital carried out by orthopedic surgeon, Mian...
THE family of an 89-year-old grandmother who died after being assaulted by a violent dementia patient at Ipswich Hospital is considering campaigning for a law in her memory after highlighting concerns about the care she received. Jay Moss, grandson...
