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Medicine
fromwww.standard.co.uk
4 days ago

Premature baby dies after doctor gives severe overdose of wrong drug in shocking incident at London hospital

A three-week-old premature infant died after receiving five times the recommended dose of sodium acid phosphate due to multiple prescribing and monitoring failures across hospital shifts and clinical disciplines.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

NHS fails to take meaningful steps' to tackle rising negligence costs

The Public Accounts Committee condemned the government and NHS England for failing to address soaring clinical negligence costs despite decades of warnings.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

Total NHS liabilities for medical negligence hit 60 billion

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Public health
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Wes Streeting announces investigation into NHS maternity services

The UK is launching an urgent investigation into systemic failures in NHS maternity services to identify and address significant issues.
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