If Charlotte Bassett had known that her daughter Norah’s life would be numbered in hours and minutes, not decades and years, she’d never have left her side. But she didn’t. So Charlotte went to have a shower after Norah’s birth on 12 April 2019. When she came out of the shower, a junior doctor was… Continue reading ‘My child was drowning’: life and death on an English maternity ward | NHS
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Women In Data panel: NHS needs to get data basics right before rushing into AI
The NHS is broken. After years of chronic underfunding, the waiting list stands at more than 7.5 million, and over 40% of those people have been waiting for longer than the target of 18 weeks. The public healthcare sector is also struggling with recruitment. As of December 2023, there were over 110,000 vacancies in secondary… Continue reading Women In Data panel: NHS needs to get data basics right before rushing into AI
Lucy Letby: NHS could face record compensation bill of more than £60m | NHS
The NHS could face a record compensation bill of more than £60m from civil claims lodged by the families of Lucy Letby’s victims, experts have said. Parents whose babies have disabilities caused by Letby’s attacks at the Countess of Chester hospital could each expect to receive a payout of more than £10m to fund their… Continue reading Lucy Letby: NHS could face record compensation bill of more than £60m | NHS
Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives | NHS
NHS executives should be regulated similarly to medical practitioners, the paediatrician who first raised the alarm on Lucy Letby has said, after clinicians’ concerns about her were “turned on the head”. The behaviour and accountability of senior officials within the health service “absolutely” needed to be regulated, said Dr Stephen Brearey, who first carried out… Continue reading Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives | NHS
Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed NHS waiting lists contract | NHS
Rishi Sunak is facing questions over a possible conflict of interest after it emerged that a private healthcare firm handed a government contract to reduce regional NHS waiting lists is linked to a No 10 policy adviser. Bill Morgan, a founding partner of the PR and lobbying firm Evoke Incisive Health (EIH), joined Downing Street… Continue reading Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed NHS waiting lists contract | NHS
Lessons the NHS needs to learn after Lucy Letby case | Lucy Letby
The scale of Lucy Letby’s crimes, and the Countess of Chester hospital’s failure to act on warnings that could have halted her killing spree, means the announcement of an independent inquiry on Friday was almost inevitable. It will have to forensically examine the failings of people and processes involved in her serial targeting of sick… Continue reading Lessons the NHS needs to learn after Lucy Letby case | Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby NHS trust chair says hospital bosses misled the board | Lucy Letby
The former chair of the NHS trust where serial killer Lucy Letby worked has said the board was “misled” by hospital executives. Sir Duncan Nichol, who was the board’s chair, said it was told there was “no criminal activity pointing to any one individual” after two hospital-commissioned reviews in late 2016. However, neither of these… Continue reading Lucy Letby NHS trust chair says hospital bosses misled the board | Lucy Letby
‘Inhumane’ NHS fees left more than 900 migrants without treatment | Immigration and asylum
Hundreds of migrants have declined NHS treatment after being presented with upfront charges over the past two years, amid complaints the government’s “hostile environment” on immigration remains firmly in place. Data compiled by the Observer under the Freedom of Information Act shows that, since January 2021, 3,545 patients across 68 hospital trusts in England have… Continue reading ‘Inhumane’ NHS fees left more than 900 migrants without treatment | Immigration and asylum
Could Lucy Letby have been stopped sooner? Look at the timeline – and NHS history | Minh Alexander
We now know that Lucy Letby is a murderer, responsible for the deaths of seven babies and the attempted murders of six more. But as unimaginable as her crimes were, this verdict raises as many questions as it answers. Letby was not working in a vacuum. Could the killings at the Countess of Chester Hospital… Continue reading Could Lucy Letby have been stopped sooner? Look at the timeline – and NHS history | Minh Alexander
Medical neglect by London NHS trust contributed to suicide of girl, 12, rules coroner | NHS
Medical neglect and “gross failures” by a mental health trust contributed to the suicide of a 12-year-old girl in a case that has highlighted national concerns about underfunding, a coroner has ruled. Allison Aules from Redbridge in north-east London died in July last year after her mood changed completely during the Covid lockdown, her family… Continue reading Medical neglect by London NHS trust contributed to suicide of girl, 12, rules coroner | NHS