3 d. ago Alice Figueiredo: NHS trust cleared of corporate manslaughter after Londoner, 22, took her own life

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was cleared of corporate manslaughter after the death of Alice Figueiredo

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4 d. ago Thousands harmed and 87 dead after NHS equipment failures in England

‘Shocking statistics’ prompt calls for government funding to replace broken and obsolete medical devicesWoman suing NHS trust after blade broke off during surgery and lodged itself in her bodyAlmost 100 people have died and 4,000 have been harmed after equipment malfunctions in the NHS in the past three years, prompting calls for more government funding to upgrade broken and obsolete medical devices.A defibrillator advising paramedics not to administer a shock, an emergency alarm system on a neonatal ward failing, and the camera on an intubation device going dark were just three failures after which patients died. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Bitter plastic surgeon who stabbed rival and tried to burn down his £1m home in vengeful attempted murder is jailed for 22 years

Jurors heard Jonathan Peter Brooks, 61, attacked fellow plastic surgeon Graeme Perks after the victim took part in long-running disciplinary proceedings at the NHS Trust they both worked for.

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4 d. ago NHS trust and ward manager guilty of safety failures after patient Alice Figueiredo, 22, killed herself at mental health hospital

Jurors at the Old Bailey found that North East London NHS Foundation Trust was not responsible for the death of Alice Figueiredo, 22, but had 'failed to ensure the safety of a non-employee'.

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4 d. ago NHS trust cleared of manslaughter after woman takes life in mental health unit

Alice Figueiredo died at Goodmayes Hospital in Redbridge in 2015

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4 d. ago NHS trust cleared of corporate manslaughter after woman took her own life

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was cleared of corporate manslaughter after the death of Alice Figueiredo

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4 d. ago NHS trust cleared of corporate manslaughter after death of woman

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was cleared of corporate manslaughter after the death of Alice Figueiredo.

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1 week ago Further two inquests into deaths of rogue breast surgeon’s ex

Ian Paterson is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted for carrying out unapproved and unnecessary procedures on patients.

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1 week ago NHS trust at centre of maternity deaths scandal investigated for manslaughter

Detectives launched criminal investigation into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust after The Independent revealed babies had died or suffered serious injuries at maternity units

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1 week ago NHS trust at centre of maternity deaths scandal investigated by police

Nottinghamshire Police launch corporate manslaughter probe into Nottingham University Hospitals Trust

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1 week ago LGBTQ+ staff suggested trans NHS workers wearing chest binders should have 'extra breaks to cope with tucking' away their genitals

In a draft guidance report, the LGBTQ+ staff network said trans workers 'may require extra scheduled breaks in their shift in order to have breaks from binding and tucking'

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1 week ago NHS trust suggested trans staff wearing chest binders should have 'extra breaks to cope with tucking' away their genitals

In an draft guidance report University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust said its trans colleagues 'may require extra scheduled breaks in their shift in order to have breaks from binding and tucking'.

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2 w. ago Paramedic struck off after offering to take out student’s tampon in emergency

James Birdseye told the student he wanted to see her naked during a shift together on June 22 2019.

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2 w. ago Nurse struck off after ASDA customer makes horrifying realisation in the toilet

Pheddie Delos Reyes, a nurse who had been working for the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, was caught filming around 50 people who used an Asda toilet in Swindon

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3 w. ago Attacks by NHS trust’s patients ‘do not surprise us’, say Nottingham families

Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, described Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as ‘a woefully inadequate, failing service’.

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3 w. ago London man charged with manslaughter in overdose death of teen

London man charged with manslaughter in overdose death of teen  CBC

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3 w. ago Mental health NHS trust hit with urgent warning as whistleblowers spark safety fears

The inspection revealed breaches to people’s safety, and patients’ consent to care and treatment

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3 w. ago Motorheads review – Amazon’s teen racing soap goes nowhere slowly

High schoolers in Pennsylvania build and race cars in a lackluster drama series that crawls toward the finish lineLike the quickly forgotten Panic before it, Motorheads, Amazon’s latest 10-episode attempt at a teen soap, takes as a given an improbable premise – in this case, that a group of American teens in Ironwood, Pennsylvania, a fictional town an hour’s drive from Pittsburgh, are primarily preoccupied not with the internet or football or parties, but with building and racing cars.Cars are, of course, a pivotal part of many an American coming of age; routine drag-racing, not so much. The idea of Fast & Furious as odd local tradition, instead of a bunch of teens raised on the Fast & Furious movies, is the most charming, if far-fetched and unexplained, aspect of Motorheads, which you can easily imagine being pitched as Dom Toretto & Co but make it gen Z kids in a dead-end Rust belt town. Created by John A Norris, Motorheads has the clear imprimatur of the mega-corporat...

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