An Essex hospital has been condemned for its failure to provide adequate treatment for a young girl with a severe learning disability who died following a routine operation.
The most common cause of medical negligence payouts the NHS has been forced to cover is negligent care during maternity, according to figures gathered from freedom of information requests.
Three NHS trusts in the Yorkshire area have written to more than 500 patients calling them in for tests after it emerged a healthcare worker who treated them may have been infected with HIV.
A consultant anaesthetist who claims his back was injured after he was knocked unconscious by a theatre light during an operation has lost his £1 million High Court damages claim.
