News Articles

Apologies for two maternal deaths

Sep 29, 2011
As a result of medical negligence both Violet Stephens and Tebussum Ali died at Queen's Hospital, Romford.   An external... read more

Emergency surgery patients failed by NHS

Sep 29, 2011
170,000 patients receive emergency abdominal surgery each year.  100,000 develop complications of which 25,000 cause death.  In the... read more

Nursing care for cerebral palsy patient appalling

Sep 28, 2011
Cerebral Palsy sufferer Paul Ridd died aged 53 at Morriston Hospital, Swansea from a chest infection after appalling nursing care. The... read more

NHS complaints system criticised by House of Commons

Sep 19, 2011
The House of Commons Health Committee has criticised the "unacceptably" wide variation in the NHS operation of the complaints procedure.... read more

NHS Trust condemned for seeking shortcut to withdraw services

Sep 19, 2011
The Royal Cornwall NHS Trust has wasted £2m having unfairly dismissed it's chief executive who refused to cut cancer services without following... read more