‘People with a learning disability are more than twice as likely to die from avoidable causes than the rest of the population. Actor Tommy Jessop and BBC Panorama investigated some of the stories of families who say they were let down by their medical care.’
BBC News, 10th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The “negative effects of online content” were a factor in the death of a girl who took her own life, an inquest has found.’
BBC News, 30th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A severely asthmatic seven-year-old boy who died “gasping for air” alone at night was failed by child protection agencies who “could and should have done better”, a serious case review has found.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Jaime Turner rounds up the most interesting and relevant public law cases.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Sentencing Council is consulting on updated sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of child cruelty offences, including causing or allowing death or serious injury, or neglect in England and Wales.’
Family Law, 11th August 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A Kent hospital trust has apologised to a grieving mother who was told her baby was dead, then alive, before dying hours later.’
BBC News, 10th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Information about drinking, debts and mental health that could have prevented a baby boy being placed with an adopting mother who went on to murder him was not shared between agencies, an investigation has concluded.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A health board has been fined £850,000 after a patient fell in the grounds of a hospital and died from her injuries after wandering from an unlocked ward.’
BBC News, 9th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner plans to write to the government about mental health services for young people after ruling a girl’s death was contributed to by neglect.’
BBC News, 28th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Child abusers in England and Wales could now face life in jail as tougher sentencing powers come into force.’
BBC News, 28th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former care worker who used physical force and lost her temper with a baby boy she was in the process of adopting has been found guilty of murder.’
The Guardian, 17th May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A heroin addict convicted of fatally neglecting her seven-year-old son, who died alone in a garden from an asthma attack, has been jailed for 20 years.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hospital failings and “neglect” contributed to the death of a two-day-old baby, a coroner has found.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two decades after the Victoria Climbié case led to an inquiry, recent deaths show we have learned little from such tragedies.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The death of a 23-year-old man who ran away from a Priory mental health hospital and was killed by a train was “contributed to by neglect” on the part of the institution, an inquest has concluded.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A couple are taking legal action against a hospital trust following the death of their unborn son.’
BBC News, 7th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A damning report this week revealed the catastrophic failings at an NHS trust, where at least 201 babies and nine mothers might have survived with better maternity care. Michael Buchanan has led the BBC’s investigation into the scandal and first reported concerns five years ago, but he says he’s not done in Shrewsbury yet.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Justice Secretary to ask Parole Board to reconsider decision to free 40-year-old, jailed for ‘causing or allowing’ death of her son.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Investigator Donna Ockenden’s team has recorded the harrowing stories of children and mothers dying at the hands of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.’
The Independent, 30th March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The mother of Star Hobson has had her prison sentence for her role in the toddler’s death increased by four years.’
The Guardian, 15th March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
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