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November 27, 2025
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Apology given to breast cancer patients for failures in care by County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT)

To safeguard children, agencies must work together to provide stability, reliability and hope. However, this doesn’t always happen. For too many children who enter care, the systems designed to protect them instead add to their fears that they are unlovable and that no-one cares.

Clare Thompson
Clinical Negligence
November 27, 2025
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When vulnerable children are let down twice: first by circumstances, then by the system that is meant to protect them

To safeguard children, agencies must work together to provide stability, reliability and hope. However, this doesn’t always happen. For too many children who enter care, the systems designed to protect them instead add to their fears that they are unlovable and that no-one cares.

Ruth Coneron
Child Care, Child Abuse - Children’s Home and Foster Care
November 25, 2025
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More survivors come forward in David Tudor case

David Greenwood, Head of Switalskis Child Abuse Compensation department, represents a woman who, as a pupil at St Bede’s School in Redhill in 1984, was subjected to repeated sexual abuse by David Tudor.

David Greenwood
Child Abuse
November 25, 2025
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White Ribbon Day 2025: Ending gender-based violence

White Ribbon Day is annually recognised as the day men show their year-long commitment to ending gender-based violence against women and girls.

Gabrielle Richardson
Family - Domestic Violence
November 25, 2025

Report highlights need for Leeds Maternity Inquiry to look further back in time

A BBC report today has brought renewed public attention to the long-standing concerns around maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The article features a family whose traumatic experience dates back to 2009 - well outside what many expect will be the proposed timeframe of the upcoming independent inquiry.

Chris Gresswell-Green
Clinical Negligence
November 25, 2025
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Why a Public Inquiry Into Medomsley Youth Detention Abuse Is Essential

Survivors of Medomsley Detention Centre continue to seek full acknowledgement of the abuse they suffered. Learn how decades of trauma, investigations and compensation efforts have shaped the ongoing fight for truth and justice.

Rob Casey
Child Abuse, Child abuse- detention centres
November 24, 2025
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn: Maternity Services Under Review

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is part of a national review led by Baroness Valerie Amos to improve maternity and neonatal care, enhance safety, reduce birth injuries, and ensure compassionate, high-quality support for families.

Chantelle Cooper
Clinical Negligence - Pregnancy and Birth, Clinical Negligence
November 24, 2025
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Understanding vicarious liability: The case of the Royal Mail driver

When we hear the phrase “vicarious liability,” it can sound like complicated legal jargon. But it’s actually a simple idea, and one that often comes up when an employee causes harm while doing their job. Here we take a look at it in practice.

Robert Frost
Personal Injury
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