In May 1983, Dr Spence Galbraith, the director of the UK’s Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, wrote to Dr Ian Field, the senior principal medical officer at the Department of Health, urging that all US blood products should be withdrawn from use until the risk of Aids was “clarified”. Source link
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The Woman’s Hour presenter explains why she applied for a certificate of loss in memory of her baby. Source link
Campaigners say they are “thrilled” that millions of families will finally have their losses recognised. Source link
Serious concerns are raised by whistleblowers over maternity services at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust. Source link
She added: “It is my sincere hope that by drawing attention to our concerns, prompted by the outcome of our investigations, that the number of baby deaths in which co-sleeping was a preventable factor, can be even further reduced through open conversations about safer sleeping.” Source link
Police arrived at a distraught mother’s house the day after her daughter died at Kettering General Hospital. Source link
Reckitt are recalling batches of Nutramigen powders after finding bacteria in an “isolated overseas sample”. Source link
