Lives at risk due to medical scan mistakes, says ombudsman

Lives at risk due to medical scan mistakes, says ombudsman

Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Getty Images Repeated failures in how CTs, X-rays and other medical scans are being interpreted are leading to avoidable patient deaths and delays in diagnosing cancer, England’s health ombudsman has warned. The most common problems include doctors failing to spot abnormalities, scans being delayed or not carried out, and … Read more

We aborted healthy babies after NHS mistakes, couples tell BBC

We aborted healthy babies after NHS mistakes, couples tell BBC

BBC Carly and Carl went through with an abortion but later found out there had been a mistake and nothing had been wrong with their unborn baby Two couples have told the BBC they went through with abortions after an NHS trust mistakenly told them their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions. They say errors … Read more