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Maternity care: 14 NHS trusts to be investigated over ‘failures’
Fourteen NHS trusts are to have their maternity services examined over what has been described as “failures in the system”, the government has said. The inquiries are part of a rapid review of maternity care in England that was announced in June. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said bereaved families had shown “extraordinary courage” in coming…
Shropshire and Leeds hospitals dropped from national maternity review
Andy GiddingsShropshire and Victoria ScheerLeeds Getty Images The “rapid review” is now focusing on 12 English NHS trusts, with a report due by December Two NHS trusts have been removed from a review of maternity failings across England. Trusts in Shropshire and Leeds have been dropped from the government’s rapid reviews of “failures in the…
New mpox strain identified in England
A new strain of mpox, previously called monkeypox, has been detected in a person in England, say UK health officials. The virus is a mix of two major types of the mpox virus, and was found in someone who recently returned from travelling in Asia. Officials say they are still assessing the significance of the…
Doctor wrote off my hair loss and dizziness as just being a tired mum
Joe McFaddenHealth reporter Rose Stokes Rose Stokes is a freelance journalist and mother of two After giving birth to her second child, Rose Stokes was exhausted all the time. “I couldn’t really do anything more than the bare minimum in terms of looking after my kids. I’d put them down at seven and have to…
