An unnamed surgeon who may have spread a bacteria that killed four of his patients during heart surgery has agreed to stop operating while the deaths are investigated. Another eight Nottingham University Hospitals trust patients are seriously ill,…
A caterer was ordered to pay £415,000 damages to the widow of a man who died from anaphylactic shock after eating a dessert at a Sikh wedding, Court of Appeal judges have been told.
A couple whose baby son died after doctors and midwives at the University Hospital of Wales failed to spot signs of distress have been awarded £160,000 compensation.
The death of a patient after an exhausted German doctor made a mistake is prompting widespread fears about the quality of out-of-hours GP care, says a health watchdog. David Gray, 70, died after being given 10 times the normal dose of diamorphine by…
