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The Latest Breaking News on Babies are dying – and trotting out the same old excuses just won’t wash

Dad found GUILTY of killing daughter, 16, after she grew to 23-stone in lockdown

Kaylea Titford, 16, weighed 22-stone and 13 pounds, with a BMI of 70, at the time of her death in October 2020 = she was found living in conditions described as 'unfit for any animal'

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Mother of suicidal girl held in locked hospital room ‘frightened’ for child’s life

Lack of mental health placement in England part of chronic shortage of secure accommodation for vulnerable children

The Guardian - UK

Mum who felt 'strange twinge' thought it was a cyst - but she was given devastating cancer diagnosis

Victoria Knowles said she "sobbed" when doctors carried out a scan and later told her she had breast cancer

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Traumatised husband finds wife dead after she goes to bed with sore shoulder

Clare Duffy, 41, thought a hot bath and a good nap would ease her pain - but she died shortly after.

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Dis Life: 'Disabled people are too often falling off the radar and it's costing lives'

The story of Laura Winham, whose body lay unnoticed for years after her death, is not an isolated example of how disabled people are falling through the net, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

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Wynter Andrews case 'shows more must be done' to improve maternity safety, says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

'When situations like this do arise transparency is paramount so we can seek answers and make improvements

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Failure to check on Laura Winham a sign of ‘systemic’ problems, court told

Social workers did not carry out adequate checks on woman later found dead after three years, coroner hears

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Gas engineer seen as important witness after 'mummified' woman was found in flat

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years after no one from social services or her apparent support network had checked on her well-being in years

Daily Mirror

Council ‘failed to act’ on concerns for woman who lay dead in flat for years’ inquest hears

Laura Winham’s remains were found by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021, more than three years after concerns were raised by police

Evening Standard

Council ‘failed to act’ on concerns for woman who lay dead in flat for three years

Laura Winham’s remains were found by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021

The Independent UK

Council ‘failed to follow up concern for woman who lay dead in flat for years’

Laura Winham’s remains were found by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021.

The Independent UK

Scots mum whose daughter was stillborn desperate to save crucial charity

Sadly, on October 15, 2018, doctors told Charlie that her daughter Jessica was stillborn and she was lucky to have survived.

Daily Record

Family of woman found ‘mummified’ say privacy laws kept them in the dark

Laura Winham lay dead in her flat for three years before her brother discovered her body

The Guardian - UK

The Nottinghamian: 'Not the only family' harmed by Nottingham University Hospital Trust's failings

Take a look at the Nottinghamian newsletter from Friday, January 27

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More than 1,300 care concerns raised over trust fined £800,000 for baby death

Donna Ockenden’s comments come after the parents of Wynter Andrews said their daughter was ‘failed in the most cruel way’ by the NHS trust.

Nottingham Post

Hospital boss says 'a lot to do' to improve maternity services over Wynter Andrews failings

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was fined £800,000

Daily Mirror

Mum says £800k fine for hospital responsible for baby's death is 'clear message'

Sarah Andrews’ first child, Wynter, died 23 minutes after being born on September 15 2019. Today, the hospital trust responsible was hit with a record fine

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‘Abandoned’ vulnerable woman lay dead in flat for more than three years

Laura Winham was found in a ‘mummified and skeletal state’ by her brother in May 2021

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Senior midwife Donna Ockenden says lessons to be learnt from 'watershed' case of baby Wynter Andrews

NUH was fined £800,000 after legal action was taken by the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission

Daily Mirror

Cops say no one else involved after mummified woman lay dead for nearly four years

Laura Winham, 38, is thought to have died in November 2017 but wasn't found until May 24, 2021 - her brother Roy called the police to break into the flat when he thought he saw a foot under a blanket through a letterbox

Nottingham Post

Nottingham Hospitals Trust boss apologises in case of Wynter Andrews and mum

Massive changes have been brought in since the tragedy

Nottingham Post

'We are not the only family harmed by the Trust's failings', says mum Sarah Andrews

The Trust has been fined £800,000

Evening Standard

‘Abandoned’ vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years

Schizophrenic Laura Winham, 38, had written “I need help” on her calendar shortly before her death

The Independent UK

£800k fine is ‘clear message’ patient safety must be priority, says mother

Sarah Andrews’ baby, Wynter, died 23 minutes after being born in 2019 due to lack of oxygen to the brain following an emergency caesarean section.

Nottingham Post

Judge's comments in full over Nottingham hospital failings in care of mum and baby Wynter Andrews

Judge Grace Leong spoke of the 'unimaginable suffering' experienced by the family

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