Nottingham NHS trust fined £1.6m over failings in baby deaths

Nottingham NHS trust fined £1.6m over failings in baby deaths

Asha Patel BBC News, Nottingham Reporting fromNottingham Magistrates’ Court Ryan Parker/Emmie Studencki Quinn Parker was delivered by emergency Caesarean section at Nottingham City Hospital in July 2021 An NHS trust has been fined £1.6m for “avoidable failings” connected to the deaths of three babies in 2021. Adele O’Sullivan, Kahlani Rawson and Quinn Parker died shortly … Read more

Nottingham attacks: ‘Clear failings’ found in NHS care of triple killer

Nottingham attacks: ‘Clear failings’ found in NHS care of triple killer

Asha Patel BBC News, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Police Valdo Calocane, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was given a hospital order in January 2024 after admitting manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility A major review into the NHS care and treatment of a paranoid schizophrenic who killed three people in Nottingham has identified numerous failings … Read more

Birmingham brain op failings made patients’ lives ‘hell’

Birmingham brain op failings made patients’ lives ‘hell’

BBC Wendy Swain said the surgery left her feeling even more disabled Patients who had probes located in the wrong part of their brain due to failings at an NHS trust suffered unnecessarily for years, a damning report has found. The leaked report into deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation … Read more

NHS must reform or die, PM to say, as report lays bare failings

NHS must reform or die, PM to say, as report lays bare failings

Getty Images “Ballooning” NHS waiting times and delays getting vital treatment in A&E and cancer care is harming health and costing lives, according to a critical government-commissioned report. People have “every right to be angry,” Sir Keir Starmer will warn on Thursday, adding the health service must “reform or die”. Health Secretary Wes Streeting vowed … Read more

Sepsis failings still causing too many deaths – ombudsman

Sepsis failings still causing too many deaths – ombudsman

Dr Ron Daniels, the charity’s CEO, said: “Although progress was certainly made in the years following the report up until the time of the pandemic, not only is it clear that there is significant opportunity for greater improvement but we are also gravely concerned that attention to sepsis is being afforded lower priority in the … Read more