Mark Daly and Jax Sinclair BBC Scotland Disclosure Child psychiatric care ‘was more like abuse’ Former patients at Scotland’s biggest children’s psychiatric hospital have spoken out about a culture of cruelty among nursing staff. Patients who were teenagers when they were admitted to Skye House, a specialist NHS unit in Glasgow, told BBC Disclosure some … Read more
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) and the Ernakulam district administration to complete the construction of the 350-metre access road of the Moolampilly-Pizhala bridge by March 31. SHRC Chairman Alexander Thomas further directed the GIDA secretary and the District Collector to submit a report on the same. The … Read more
MARTIN MCQUADE / BBC Amarjit Kaur and Mandip Singh Matharoo’s daughter Asees was stillborn in January 2024 The deaths of at least 56 babies, and two mothers, at an NHS trust over the past five years may have been prevented, the BBC has found. The two maternity units at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) NHS … Read more
Roisin Wilshaw Brian Rooney with his mother Isobel Benson – he collapsed at the doors of the Royal Victoria Hospital after being rushed there by his parents The mother of a Belfast man, who collapsed outside a hospital, said she was shocked when a 999 call handler told her he should take painkillers as they … Read more
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told health chiefs in England to prioritise safety even if it means performance against the four-hour A&E target slips this winter. The message was delivered at a meeting with hospital bosses and other NHS leaders in London on Monday amid mounting concern about the winter pressures that are building. Last … Read more
Anastasia Cameron Anastasia Cameron says the skills gap for cutting and styling afro-hair textures has been an issue all her life From the age of seven Anastasia Cameron was turned away from hairdressers because she was told they “don’t do Afro hair”. When she needed a wig after chemotherapy as an adult, little had changed, … Read more
Daniel Taylor-Sweet / BBC BBC journalist Hazel Martin was told to cut out drinking alcohol altogether At 31 years old, I was told by doctors that if I didn’t stop drinking alcohol, I could die. I was shocked because I didn’t drink every day, I never drank alone and I drank because I enjoyed it … Read more
Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda Pritchard told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry the decision, made by the Treasury in July 2020, had been “very disappointing”. Extra beds and staff would have … Read more
Passengers at the Tiruchi airport after an Air India Express flight landed safely following a mid-air glitch on October 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Passengers on board the Air India Express flight were unaware of the technical glitch for nearly two hours after the flight took off from the Tiruchi airport. “It was only … Read more
Getty Images Intensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo) At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. It would mean individuals had been considered ineligible for potentially lifesaving CPR, solely on the basis … Read more