Boy diagnosed with brain tumour after pins and needles in leg has surgery using new technology
A teenage boy who was diagnosed with a brain tumour after suffering pins and needles in his leg is one…
Single mum still being forced to choose between life-saving treatment or care for her kids
A single mum battling a potentially fatal infection has been left waiting four months for social workers to provide a…
Man left with ‘blood pouring from head’ after Fife ‘disturbance’ as police make charge
A man was left with “blood pouring from his head” after an alleged disturbance in Fife. Emergency services raced to…
Author of England maternity care review ‘listened to wrong voices’, says adviser
Doctors say interventions have increased to help ensure the safety of mothers and babies at a time when the complexity…
Risk of serious birth injuries is rising for women in England, data suggests
Risk of serious birth injuries is rising for women in England, data suggests About 31 in every 1,000 facing haemorrhage…
SNP refusal to hold independent inquiry into Peter Murrell scandal shows Swinney has learned nothing
The continual refusal by John Swinney and the SNP to agree to an independent inquiry into the Peter Murrell scandal…
‘Horrific’ maternity care failings at Nottingham NHS trust prompt calls for public inquiry
Families affected by the Nottingham maternity care scandal hold a minute’s silence during a press conference after the publication of…
More than 500 mothers and babies died or were harmed at ‘toxic’ Nottingham NHS trust, report finds
Ockenden and her team of maternity experts investigated the deaths of 27 mothers between 2006 and 2024. Photograph: Peter Flude/The…
Report on Nottingham NHS maternity scandal to reveal ‘horrendous’ failings
The CQC recently said maternity services at both of the trust’s hospitals had improved but it continued to rate them…