NHS trust to review 4,500 more breast cancer cases
How the breast cancer failings came to light Following recent cases of mis-prescribed mastectomies carried onto 20 patients, hospital chiefs in County Durham have agreed to review up to a further 4,500 breast cancer cases. It is estimated that totals of hundreds of patients suffered harm under County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. This […]
3 weeks ago
Four NHS hospital trusts declare ‘critical incidents’
It comes amid a rise in flu and norovirus cases Four NHS hospital trusts have declared “critical incidents” due to “the significant ongoing pressure on their services”. NHS Surrey Heartlands said in a statement that these pressures have been “exacerbated by increases in flu and norovirus cases and a rise in staff sickness”. Furthermore, it […]
9 months ago
Doctor admits to having sex with nurse halfway through operation
The doctor was absent for a period of eight minutes A doctor left a patient under anaesthetic on an operating table so they could go and have sex with a nurse in another room, according to a medical tribunal that was first reported on by the BBC. The doctor involved, who has been named as […]
1 year ago
Family distraught after daughter dies following misdiagnosis by ‘physician associate’
She thought she was seeing a doctor The parents of a woman who died after her blood clot was misdiagnosed as anxiety have criticised the findings of a new NHS report. Marion and Brendan Chesterton’s 30-year-old daughter Emily died in 2022 after suffering a pulmonary embolism. They revealed their concerns in an interview with Sky […]
1 year ago
Texas will drop murder charge against woman ‘for self-induced abortion’
‘To ignore the incident would have been a dereliction of their duty’ Murder charges bought before the woman who was arrested last week for reportedly performing a ‘self-induced abortion’ have been dismissed, the Texas District Attorney has announced today. Lizelle Herrera, 26, was charged with “intentionally and knowingly [causing] the death of an individual by […]
4 years ago
Sinead O’Connor calls out ‘evil’ Irish state and hospital after teenage son’s death
In response, the HSE essentially said they couldn’t comment Sinead O’Connor has called out the Irish state after announcing the death of her 17-year-old son, Shane. The singer told the world of her son’s passing on Twitter. Posting the news on January 8, O’Connor wrote: “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very […]
5 years ago