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Racism and staffing issues factors in ‘failing’ maternity care, report finds

Failures within the system have been known about, and reported on, for years. The BBC has spent more than a…

5 months ago

Inside Gaza hospital struggling to provide care to newborn babies

The director of one of Gaza's main hospitals says he is still seeing a pattern of malnourished and traumatised mothers…

6 months ago

Built on care and connection: How one Somali-British woman is strengthening diaspora communities

From then on, Safia learned early what it meant to look out for others.As a primary school student, Safia began…

7 months ago

Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment

A rising number of end-of-life patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group…

7 months ago

Plans to fix NHS dental care and save patients hundreds of pounds

Dominic Hughes and Catherine SnowdonBBC NewsGetty ImagesPeople needing urgent dental treatment and patients requiring complex care will be prioritised under…

8 months ago

Maternity care failings ‘much worse’ than anticipated, says head of national review

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondentGetty ImagesThe review looks at the worst-performing maternity and neonatal servicesHungry mothers, dirty wards and poor care…

8 months ago

Leeds maternity inquiry must include care culture, says father

Grace Shaw & Phil BodmerYorkshireBBCFreyja died at five days old of injuries sustained during her birth at St James's Hospital…

9 months ago

Neighbourhood health hubs at risk as community care under strain

The government's goal of moving care from hospitals into neighbourhood health hubs is at risk because community services are under…

10 months ago

Chief executive of Care Quality Commission resigns

Sir Julian Hartley, Chief Executive the Care Quality Commission which is the independent regulator of all health and adult social…

10 months ago

I went undercover as a cleaner at a failing care home.

Catriona MacPheeBBC Scotland DisclosureBBCCatriona often found residents lying in wet clothes or on soiled sheets In my seven weeks undercover…

10 months ago