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.
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.
The revelation that five ‘never events’ occurred within just five months at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has raised significant concern about patient safety standards across the region.
A recent BBC investigation has revealed that nearly all NHS Trusts in England are failing to meet national waiting time targets for cancer treatment. With only three out of 121 Trusts treating patients within the 62-day target, the figures paint a deeply concerning picture of delays that could cost lives.
A new report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has once again raised serious concerns about maternity care at both Royal Derby Hospital and Queen’s Hospital, Burton.
As expert solicitors supporting clients every day with their claims for medical negligence, we often hear people say that they wish they could have chosen another surgeon or even a different hospital. But what so many people don’t realise is that every patient has the right to choose where and from whom they receive their treatment.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has been named among 12 trusts in England whose maternity services will be examined as part of a new national review into maternity and neonatal care, announced by Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
When a child suffers a brain injury, most discussions naturally focus on the timing of delivery, imaging results, or potential delays in diagnosis. Yet behind many of these cases lies a quieter, often overlooked factor: nutrition.