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Wash vegetables 'to prevent E Coli'

Warnings that people should thoroughly wash fruit and vegetables have been prompted by an E Coli outbreak, amid fears the bacteria had contaminated soil. About 250 people suffered with diarrhoea ...

Watchdog slams care at Welsh hospital

The nursing care provided to a patient with severe learning difficulties during his spell in hospital has been described as "dire" by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales . According to the wat...

Multiple birth 'needs special care'

Women pregnant with twins or triplets are more likely to experience complications and should therefore be given more scans and have specialist teams attending to their care before, during and after b...

'Regulate healthcare assistants' call

An increase in the number of unregulated healthcare assistants working in British hospitals could see wards become a "ghastly national disaster", a nursing regulator has said. The Nursing and Midwi...

Power station death results in fine

A maintenance contractor has been ordered to pay £155,000 following the death of a worker at a power station. The worker drowned when he fell into a water-filled sump at a power station. Th...

Patients 'at more risk at weekends'

Patients in London who are admitted to hospital on a weekend are far more likely to die than those who are treated during the week, figures show. A shortage of hospital consultants covering weekend...

Baby death parents want inquiry

The parents of a baby who died nine days after she was starved of oxygen at birth have said they want an investigation into why it happened. The Nursing and Midwifery Council is being urged to find...

Number 1 for Clinical Negligence say Legal 500 about Field Fisher Waterhouse’s “Impressive infrastructure and talented i

The Legal 500, the leading legal directory, has ranked the clinical negligence team in band 1 in their 2011 directory. The new rankings, released on 21 September, put Field Fisher Waterhouse in the...

Women awarded damages for severed nerve

A surgeon conducting a routine hip operation on a 51-year-old woman accidentally severed her sciatic nerve, leaving her permanently disabled. Maggie Peabody, from Wood End in Coventry, was admitted...

Couple to sue NHS over negligence

A married couple plan to the sue the NHS over medical negligence after the wife suffered a series of problems following childbirth. Philippa Walker, of Bournemouth, bled for four hours when her ...


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