‘As health secretary announces public inquiry will be statutory, we look at what this means in practice.’
The Guardian, 30th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Why wasn’t Lucy Letby stopped sooner? This is the burning question that the families of her victims, and the public, are now asking. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has decided that the best means of answering it is a “non-statutory public inquiry”. But what is such an inquiry, and will it be better than a full-blown statutory public inquiry?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd August 2023
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The serial killer nurse, Lucy Letby, will never be released from prison after she was sentenced to a rare whole-life term for the “sadistic” murders of seven babies.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Nearly a quarter of a century before Lucy Letby began attacking babies on a neonatal unit, another hospital experienced similarly sudden and unexpected losses.’
BBC News, 21st August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The trial of Lucy Letby was conducted amid levels of press secrecy for victims and witnesses rarely seen outside proceedings involving matters of national security.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Fresh evidence has emerged that it is claimed undermines the conviction of a nurse jailed for life 17 years ago for murdering two of his patients and poisoning 15 others.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Business Secretary Grant Shapps has set out plans to enforce minimum service levels during strike action, including for ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers.’
BBC News, 10th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A diabetic nurse who took medication from the GP surgery where she worked to avoid a hypoglycemic attack was awarded £40,000 after they sacked her.’
The Independent, 4th January 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The parents of a 25-year-old man left to die in a cell by a negligent prison nurse given responsibility for 800 inmates have told how the conditions in which their son died will haunt them for ever.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A prison nurse has been jailed after engaging in “flirtatious” calls and texts with an inmate.’
BBC News, 18th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘NHS officials ruled a man who died after his ear infection was not picked up in GP telephone consultations should have been seen face to face, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found.’
BBC News, 29th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Specialist nurses have been recruited at York and Scarborough hospitals to ensure patients are being fed properly. It is part of an action plan by the hospitals trust to address criticisms by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).’
BBC News, 5th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Greater Manchester Police has agreed to settle a claim for compensation brought by two nurses who said the force wrongly handed them a £10,000 fine under Covid regulations for organising a protest in March last year.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A nurse “fixated by sex” who filmed up the gowns of unconscious hospital patients has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 11th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The parents of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after she was refused a psychiatric bed have welcomed a decision to strike off one of the nurses involved, saying they hoped the move would help other families “appallingly failed by mental health services”.’
The Independent, 12th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A student nurse from London was found guilty of causing the death of a 13-year-old girl after falling asleep at the wheel.’
The Independent, 19th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘On 22 June 2021, the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal handed down judgment in Dobson v North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust UKEAT/0220/19/LA. CLICK HERE to read the judgment.’
Littleton Chambers, 23rd June 2021
Source: littletonchambers.com
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