A new NHS England report has revealed that trusts across Newcastle, Hull and Northern Lincolnshire reported a combined 20 so-called ‘never events’ during 2025/26, as more than 400 serious patient safety incidents were recorded across England.

A couple supported by Switalskis specialist medical negligence and maternity experts have featured on a BBC Panorama programme to share the tragic story of how their baby died just 23 minutes after birth. After a number of failures at a maternity unit run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), the Trust is now the subject of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS.

Expert medical negligence solicitors at Switalskis have warned that continued reports of women feeling unheard in healthcare point to “a deeply concerning and persistent issue” that, in some cases, is leading to avoidable and life-changing harm.

Maternal deaths in the UK have reached their highest level in 20 years, prompting renewed concern about the safety during pregnancy and postnatal period.

Our expert medical negligence solicitors are supporting a number of people who are experiencing serious and often life-changing harm from mismanaged dopamine agonist medication – and now our experts have expressed concern after seeing new and serious cases involving one drug prescribed by psychiatrists – aripiprazole.

Serious concerns have been raised about patient safety and standards of care at Broomfield Hospital, following a series of critical findings and ongoing scrutiny from regulators and public bodies.

‘Extremely concerning for patients and staff’: that’s the verdict from medical negligence experts at Switalskis after five ‘challenged’ NHS Trusts were named as being the first to be placed on a recovery programme by the Government.

One of our medical negligence experts has expressed his deep concern for patient safety in an interview with the BBC after latest data from NHS England named a Trust running hospitals in Hull and East Yorkshire as the worst in the country.