The Supreme Court on Friday (May 23, 2025) spared a convict, who married the victim, from undergoing a jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, citing systemic failures and the need to ensure justice for the adolescent girl and her child. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal … Read more
Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, Essex Family handout Elise Sebastian had physical health problems, including a curvature of the spine, which caused her mental health to suffer A mental health trust has admitted its failure in the care of a 16-year-old inpatient led to her death. Elise Sebastian, a Harry Potter fan and music lover, … Read more
Michael Buchanan Social Affairs Correspondent BBC By the entrance to Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness sits a sculpture of a moon with 11 stars. It is a memorial to the mother and babies who died unnecessarily due to poor care at the hospital between 2004 and 2013. Inscribed underneath is a short verse: “Forever in … Read more
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News PA Media Ida Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her delivery A newborn baby died due to the gross failure of three midwives to provide basic medical care, a corner has ruled. Ida Lock was born at the Royal Lancaster … Read more
Family Handout Jessica Powell died after staff did not adequately supervise and secure her therapy room An inquest has found a woman, who died while trying to abscond from a psychiatric ward, did not intend to take her own life. Jessica Powell, from Yeovil, Somerset, became trapped in a therapy room window in an apparent … Read more
BBC Louise Polkinghorne (L) and Koreen Fisher (R) attended a SEND debate There are no quick fixes to problems faced by families with children with special educational needs and disabilities, the schools minister has said. Catherine McKinnell said the government was determined to reform the special-needs system. Some children are waiting years to find out … Read more
Jacobs family Hannah Jacobs was at the dentist when she sipped her drink A girl with a severe dairy allergy died after drinking a Costa Coffee hot chocolate made with cows’ milk due to a “failure to follow the processes in place to discuss allergies”, a coroner has ruled. “Vivacious, caring and affectionate” Hannah Jacobs, 13, … Read more
G. Kishan Reddy | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Telangana BJP president and Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has termed the discussion and resolution in the Legislative Assembly against the union Budget as “blackmail” and said it is only a ruse to cover up for the Congress government’s own “administrative failures” by … Read more
38 minutes ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter, BBC News PA The failures and weaknesses in the UK’s pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the Covid inquiry. Baroness Hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime. Her report will … Read more
One patient was wrongly identified as not to be resuscitated because of slow access to digital records. Source link