Parents of gravely ill child refused respite care

The public inquiry into the Lucy Letby case may have reserved the strongest criticism for the Countess of Chester Hospital and its management, but there are big questions for the wider NHS to answer too. The Thirlwall inquiry’s final report said there was a “complete failure” to protect babies on the neonatal unit where Letby…

“When people say to you, ‘what have you done in your life?’ I can at least fall back on this and say I’ve saved someone’s life.” In December, Christopher Schuman, from Reading, donated his kidney to his brother Jeremy, who believes he was at “death’s door”. Tap here to read more

When Caroline Bailey was suffering with sharp, stabbing pains in her stomach, she thought it was being caused by her contraceptive coil. In severe pain, the 54-year-old went to her GP, desperate to have it removed, only for scans to reveal it was in fact a 13cm (5in) tumour pressing against her coil, external. She…

Pope Leo XIV has been discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, just four days after an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his lung. The 71-year-old walked unaided to his waiting car, stopping to speak to well-wishers. The Vatican said the Pope will give the traditional Angelus prayer and blessing to a crowd in St…