‘Two police officers have been served with misconduct notices after a 17-year-old girl died after fleeing a police vehicle, the watchdog has announced.’
BBC News, 28th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The widow of a man who took his own life after becoming addicted to gambling says more people will die because the regulator is refusing to investigate suicides linked to the addiction.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A coroner has said action could have been taken to prevent the death of a 76-year-old man from Norfolk.’
BBC News, 5th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother whose nine-year-old daughter became the first person in the UK to have air pollution recognised as a factor in her death said she was “never going to win” despite settling legal action with the government.’
BBC News, 31st October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has said “facilities were simply not available in the community” to prevent the death of a man with severe mental health conditions who had been “in crisis for several months”.’
BBC News, 28th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has raised concerns about young, newly qualified drivers being allowed to carry passengers, during an inquest into the deaths of four teenagers who drowned after a crash in north Wales.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An inquest jury has found “multiple failings” and “missed opportunities” at an immigration detention centre contributed to a Colombian man taking his own life in 2023.’
BBC News, 16th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The “duty of candour” might be otherwise described as a duty to be transparent, open and honest. We have had a similar duty in respect of medical professionals since 2014. In the medical sphere, when there is a “notifiable safety incident” (in broad terms – when things go wrong which possibly should not have) medical professionals are under a duty to explain what they know and issue an apology as soon as reasonably practicable to the patient and/or their family, notwithstanding that an investigation might be ongoing.’
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, 7th October 2024
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘A coroner has warned that gas piston ottomans could present a risk to life, after a woman died when her bed collapsed on her, trapping her between the mattress and the base.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Systemic failures in the way police deal with stalkers are leaving victims at “serious risk” with some given wrong and “potentially dangerous” advice, a damning report by police chiefs in England and Wales has found.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An NHS trust that gave four newborn babies contaminated feed has admitted that it was operating “an entirely unsafe system” at the time they became infected.
The Guardian, 24th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Without straying into politics, Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd [2024] EWHC 2265 (KB) is a case which demonstrates the consequences of the fact that much state-funded care – including coercive mental health care – is now delivered privately. It concerns a man, Paul Sammut, who had what was described as a chronic, enduring and treatment resistant schizophrenia. For large parts of his adult life, he was detained under s.3 Mental Health Act 1983.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 16th September 2024
‘A coroner has ruled that The Jeremy Kyle Show’s treatment of Steve Dymond was not a “contributory factor” to his death.’
The Independent, 10th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A coroner has raised concerns about how local anaesthetic is administered after a woman was given too much during an operation and later died.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools are being scrapped immediately.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has issued a warning after a 93-year-old woman with dementia died after eating toxic laundry capsules she may have mistaken for sweets because of their bright packaging.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The death of a mother at the hospital where she gave birth to her fifth baby was “avoidable and contributed to by neglect”, a coroner has ruled.’
BBC News, 12th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This article provides practitioners with an overview of the law relating to inquests which engage Article 2 ECHR in the context of deaths arising from shortcomings in healthcare. It is intended to provide a pithy summary on the legal complexities in domestic and European case law and it offers some general advice on how best to engage Article 2 arguments.’
Henderson Chamber, 17th July 2024
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
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