‘Chaotic’ care home fined £40,000 as judge rules they failed to protect patient who hanged herself

A healthcare charity has been fined £40,000 after failing to protect a vulnerable teenager who took her own life whilst in their care. Sophie Bennett, 19, was found hanged in a bathroom in Lancaster Lodge, a residential care home in Richmond, west London, in May 2016 – just over a year after she was admitted … Read more

‘Chaotic’ care home fined £40,000 as judge rules they failed to protect patient who hanged herself

A healthcare charity has been fined £40,000 after failing to protect a vulnerable teenager who took her own life whilst in their care. Sophie Bennett, 19, was found hanged in a bathroom in Lancaster Lodge, a residential care home in Richmond, west London, in May 2016 – just over a year after she was admitted … Read more

Missing patient with Brazilian Covid strain is FOUND after nationwide hunt 

Missing patient with Brazilian Covid strain is FOUND: Passenger who flew into UK then vanished sparking frantic nationwide hunt and ‘surge testing’ is finally located after three weeks By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 15:37 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 15:49 GMT, 5 March 2021 The mystery person in Britain infected with the Brazil … Read more

Cancer patient did not know doctor had financial link to treatment he ‘strongly recommended’

Prostate cancer patient did not know doctor had financial link to new private treatment that he ‘strongly recommended’ to him, tribunal hears Consultant urologist Paul Miller, 62, accused of being ‘financially motivated’ Referred eight patients to undergo high intensity focused ultrasound (Hifu)  The treatment uses high frequency sound waves to burn away cancer cells GMC argues conflict … Read more

Ministers plead for MISSING Brazil variant patient to come forward

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE BRAZIL VARIANT?  Name: B.1.1.248 or P.1 Date: Discovered in Tokyo, Japan, in four travellers arriving from Manaus, Brazil, on January 2.  Why should we care? The variant has the same spike protein mutation as the highly transmissible versions found in Kent and South Africa – named N501Y – which makes the … Read more

Family’s battle over £350,000 will of cancer patient, 66, branded ‘shameful’ by High Court judge

A family’s legal battle over the £350,000 will of a cancer patient who died after an ambulance taking him to hospital crashed has been branded ‘shameful’ by a High Court judge.  Keith Fuller, 66, had incurable bladder and prostate cancer, but died from pneumonia caused by the crash in Ramsgate, Kent.  His final will split … Read more

Two psychiatric patients are killed by fellow patient at German hospital who also attacks nurses

Two psychiatric patients are killed by fellow patient at German hospital who also attacks female nurses and a police officer 21-year-old psychiatric patient suspected of killing two patients aged 54 and 56 The man had admitted himself to psychiatric hospital in Lüneburg on Thursday He allegedly killed the two older male patients at 2am on … Read more

Man who is ‘UK’s longest-suffering Covid patient’ takes his first steps since March last year 

Man who is ‘UK’s longest-suffering Covid patient’ takes his first steps since March last year Jason Kelk, 49, was admitted to St James’ Hospital, Leeds, on March 31 last year  Primary School IT worker was unable to walk as lungs and kidneys were ravaged He has now taken his first steps on his own in … Read more

Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham transform into a young carer and Alzheimer’s patient

Jodie Comer and fellow Scouser Stephen Graham are seen filming new drama Help as they transform into a carer and Alzheimer’s patient living through pandemic care home crisis The actress, 27, was seen taking on the role of a carer to a patient, played by Stephen, 47, with early on-set Alzheimer’s disease  Help is set … Read more

Police launch hunt for maskless Covid denier who tried to take dying patient from intensive care

Police have launched a hunt for a maskless Covid denier who tried to take a dying patient from intensive care against doctors’ orders.   Toby Hayden-Leigh, 45, from Maidstone, Kent, was joined by a group of people who refused to wear masks inside East Surrey Hospital and then became abusive towards staff on January 21.     A … Read more