Bereaved parents ‘horrified’ by Leeds maternity services report

Bereaved parents ‘horrified’ by Leeds maternity services report

Divya Talwar & Natalie Truswell BBC News Investigations Getty Images NHS England made 101 recommendations to improve the quality of care There are “significant” concerns about the safety and quality of maternity services at an NHS trust, a new report has revealed. Issues with staffing, a “challenging” culture and a lack of learning from previous … Read more

AI 171 crash: Air India refutes allegations of forcing bereaved families to declare financial dependency

AI 171 crash: Air India refutes allegations of forcing bereaved families to declare financial dependency

Air India denied allegations of coercing families of victims of the AI-171 accident into signing documents about their financial dependency on the deceased to reduce compensation payouts. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Air India on Friday (July 4, 2025) denied allegations of coercing families of victims of the AI-171 accident into signing documents about their … Read more

Baby-loss certificates offered to more bereaved parents

Baby-loss certificates offered to more bereaved parents

Getty Images More bereaved parents in England will now be able to apply for a certificate to formally recognise the loss of their baby. The government has removed a cut-off date that had meant only those who had had a pregnancy loss or miscarriage since September 2018 were eligible. And so certificates are now available … Read more

Misdiagnosis: Bereaved mum calls for physician associate role clarity

Misdiagnosis: Bereaved mum calls for physician associate role clarity

The NHS’s website said those applying for the role need to either be a graduate with a “bioscience-related” degree or a “registered healthcare professional”, such as a nurse or midwife, and training takes about two years, involves “many aspects of an undergraduate or postgraduate medical degree” and focuses “principally on general adult medicine in hospital … Read more