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Royal Papworth Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths

Royal Papworth Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths

Katy Prickett BBC News, Cambridgeshire Family handouts Anne Martinez (left) and Karen Starling died the year after undergoing double lung transplants at the hospital A hospital trust has paid a “six-figure settlement package” in the case of nine patients following an outbreak of a bacterial infection linked to its water supply. Three patients died and […]

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Tewkesbury Wellbeing Walks map launched to encourage green travel

Sophia Allsopp BBC News, West of England Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership The maps highlight four routes designed to boost mental health and encourage car-free exploration A set of illustrated walking maps have been launched to encourage people to explore nature, history and hidden corners, while supporting sustainable, car-free travel. Tewkesbury Wellbeing Walks, created by Gloucestershire

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Royal Papworth Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths

Norfolk chef on dialysis says Pip is not targeting right people

Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, East of England JOHN FAIRHALL/BBC Tony Henderson is taking the Department of Work and Pension to a tribunal after being refused personal independence payments A man living with kidney failure said the system for personal independence payments (Pip) was not fit for purpose after he was rejected for the benefit

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Royal Papworth Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths

Art charity ‘buzzing’ to move into new £75m Gloucester campus

Sophia Allsopp BBC News, West of England BBC The former Debenhams in Gloucester has been transformed into a university building An art charity has said it is “absolutely buzzing” to be part of a £75m city centre university campus that officially opened its doors on Monday. Art Shape, which works with the NHS to deliver

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Warning issued over kids’ magnesium supplement gummies

Warning issued over kids’ magnesium supplement gummies

Parents are being warned to stop using Nutrition Ignition Kids Magnesium Glycinate Gummies, due to them containing undeclared drug called melatonin that could cause issues for children. Melatonin is a prescription-only medicine, which can cause drowsiness, headaches, dizziness and nausea. Testing of two batches by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) found

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Akram Mohammed death was not caused by mouldy flat, coroner finds

Akram Mohammed death was not caused by mouldy flat, coroner finds

A baby who lived in a mouldy housing association flat in north London died of unrelated causes, a coroner has found. Akram Mohammed died in February aged 15 weeks, which his parents believed was due to damp conditions in their Camden home. Earlier this year, the boy’s death sparked angry protests aimed at housing association

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Royal Papworth Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths

Northern Ireland children’s cancer unit staff shortages ‘left me broken’

Marie-Louise Connolly Health correspondent, BBC News NI BBC Hannah Farrell was a nurse at the Children’s Cancer Unit until she resigned in 2019 A whistleblower who resigned from the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children over staff shortages has said the system left her broken, disillusioned and burnt out. Hannah Farrell, who left the Children’s

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