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A review into failings in maternity care in hospitals in Nottingham will be the largest ever carried out in the UK. Chair of the inquiry, Donna Ockenden, said that 1,700 families' cases would be examined. Donna Ockenden was in charge of the ...
A woman with fast-growing, stage-four breast cancer says the NHS has let her down, with delays at every stage of her treatment. Caroline Boulton, 56, had several appointments for a mammogram, which checks for early signs of cancer, cancelled because...
The bereaved families of four care home residents are "angry" after health and care inspectors found it to be "not safe." George Lowlett, Margaret Canham, David Poole, and Joyce Parrott, who all lived at The Elms, Whittlesey,...
The UK entered the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 with public services "depleted" and health inequalities increasing, the Covid inquiry has heard. A decade of austerity before the start of the pandemic meant health in the UK was...
A businesswoman took her own life days after discharging herself from a flagship clinic run by mental healthcare company, The Priory Group, without her friends or family being informed. Staff at the clinic also waited ten days before attempting to...
A young mother died after a breathing tube was put into her food pipe, even though staff warned that it was inserted incorrectly, an inquest heard. Emma Currell, 32, had just received dialysis and was heading home to Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in an...
A woman whose partner died after having an AstraZeneca jab became the first person to receive compensation after a Covid vaccine death. Vikki Spit's former rock singer fiancé, Zion Lord, 48, of Alston, Cumbria, fell ill eight days after...
A WOMAN who was left with ‘almost no front teeth’ following treatment by a York dentist has received £25,000 in an out-court-settlement. Audra Weston, a 55-year-old cleaner from York, was a long-term patient with Dr Jonathan...
A hospital trust has apologised after a vulnerable woman admitted to a mental health unit took her own life. Emily Caldicott, 25, was admitted to hospital in Worcester on 19 March 2020 after an overdose and was found unresponsive in her room two...
The health and care regulator has said that a York care home for the elderly "requires improvement" after it fell below the required standards for the eighth time in succession. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors visited The Lodge,...
