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Donna Ockenden message to bereaved families in full as calls made for Nottingham maternity review

100 families sent a letter calling for an independent inquiry

Nottingham Post

‘Patients will almost certainly die’ if delays get worse, warns ambulance leader amid ‘dangerous’ A&E waits

Exclusive: Hospital leaders in the last week have been told by the NHS that they must improve ambulance response times immediately

The Independent UK

NHS hospital staff absences due to Covid rise in England for fourth week in a row

An average of 28,560 NHS staff were ill with coronavirus or having to self-isolate each day

Wales Online

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Ambulance handover delays in England climb to new high

Delays have been on an upward trend for several months.

The Independent UK

Covid hospital staff absences rise for fourth week in a row

An average of 28,560 NHS staff at hospital trusts in England were ill with coronavirus or having to self-isolate each day in the week to April 3.

The Independent UK

Cancer survival in England is not improving – here's what needs to be done

The disruption to cancer services during the pandemic has been a global phenomenon. In the UK, it has amplified structural failings in the delivery of cancer diagnosis and treatment that existed long before lockdown restrictions started in March 2020.

The Conversation

100 Nottingham families with stories of 'dead babies and traumatic births' call for Ockenden review

They have written to Sajid Javid

Nottingham Post

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Staff stress and avoidable deaths leave the NHS reeling

Letters: Gay Lee on the chronic shortage of staff in the health service and Geoff Renshaw on C-section targets. Plus a reader on the pain of grieving for their newborn

The Guardian - UK

Renewed call for public inquiry into maternity services at Nottingham hospitals

MPs say it's 'still not safe' for mothers and babies

Nottingham Post

Children aged five to 11 can now book Covid jab

NHS England said hundreds of sites will offer jabs from Monday

The Independent UK

Covid vaccine slots open for children aged five to 11 in England

Parents and other carers now able to book lower-dose appointments for Monday onwards

The Guardian - UK

What is conversion therapy and will it be banned in the UK?

What is the practice, how many people have experienced it, and does it have a future in the UK?

The Independent UK

Tyneside medics reflect on 'sobering' Ockenden report into tragic maternity deaths

Medics in charge of midwifery at three of the region's hospital trusts have reflected on lessons which can be learned from the Ockenden Report into avoidable deaths of babies and some mums in the Midlands.

Chronicle Live

Pensioner's crushing diagnosis after thinking her tiredness was down to jet lag

Valerie Thompson, from Timperley, Manchester, had felt “exhausted” upon returning home from a trip to Australia but she had no idea the devastating diagnosis was to come

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Covid-19 hospital admission rates for over-65s highest since early 2021

The number of patients seriously ill with coronavirus remains low, however.

Manchester Evening News

Woman who thought she just had jet lag after Australia trip left devastated

Valerie Thompson returned from a trip abroad, but put her exhaustion down to jet lag

The Independent UK

Ambulance handover delays highest since start of winter

Around one in eight delays were of more than an hour.

The Independent UK

Shrewsbury maternity scandal: Read Sajid Javid’s statement to the Commons in full

Sajid Javid apologises for maternity service failings reported at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Manchester Evening News

Baby deaths resulted from ‘repeated failures’ in UK's biggest maternity scandal

An inquiry revealed that repeated failures saw babies being born stillborn, dying shortly after birth or being left severely brain damaged

The Independent UK

Shrewsbury maternity scandal: NHS trust blamed mothers as hundreds of babies died avoidably, report finds

Inquiry says more than 200 may have died in largest maternity scandal in NHS history

Evening Standard

More than 200 babies died in repeated failures at Shrewsbury NHS Trust, report finds

The findings of a review into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust were ‘worse’ than imagined, says Jeremy Hunt

Wales Online

Babies died in biggest NHS maternity scandal due to repeated failures - report

Several mothers died after failings in care, while others were made to have natural births despite the fact they should have been offered a Caesarean

Daily Mirror

Horror of worst scandal in NHS history as 300 babies die or left brain damaged

Botched births meant mothers and babies died and some newborns were left brain damaged, while the hospital trust was being held up as an example of good practice due to its low caesarean rates

Evening Standard

Fewer than half of immunocompromised in England have had Covid booster jabs

Recent NHS England figures show that 255,422 of the 561,356 immunocompromised people in England had a booster jab

Wales Online

Covid hospital admissions for over-75s in England at highest rate for more than a year

Rates among other age groups were lower, though all showed a week-on-week increase

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