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The NHS failings that cost Nikki Grahame her life

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Tragic Big Brother star Nikki Grahame was the victim of a series of NHS care failures that led to her ‘entirely avoidable’ death from anorexia, those closest to the 38-year-old have claimed. They have also revealed Nikki’s ‘desperate struggle’ to get treatment over the last six months, during which time she was discharged from hospital … Read more

The NHS failings that cost Nikki Grahame her life

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Tragic Big Brother star Nikki Grahame was the victim of a series of NHS care failures that led to her ‘entirely avoidable’ death from anorexia, those closest to the 38-year-old have claimed. They have also revealed Nikki’s ‘desperate struggle’ to get treatment over the last six months, during which time she was discharged from hospital … Read more

Drayton Manor theme park fined £1million over ‘safety failings’ after death of Evha Jannath

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Drayton Manor theme park’s operators have been fined £1million after safety failings which led to the death of an 11-year-old girl on its water rapids ride. Evha Jannath was ‘propelled’ from a vessel on the Splash Canyon ride at Drayton Manor in Staffordshire in May 2017. She was there during an end-of-year school trip with … Read more

ReAssure customers ‘at their wits’ end’ over failings

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ReAssure customers with old L&G policies ‘at their wits’ end’ over failings Reassure took over L&G insurance-based savings and pensions business  Readers with old L&G policies have complained of having contributions stopped  Others have been unable to get through to ReAssure to complain  By Colin Nicholson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 … Read more

Commanding officer of ‘toxic’ organised crime police unit admits ‘management failings’

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The commanding officer of a ‘toxic’ specialist police unit accepts that his ‘failings of management’ helped lead to the discriminatory culture that developed amongst his officers, a tribunal heard today.   Six officers from Hampshire Constabulary’s Serious Organised Crime Unit (Socu) office in Basingstoke, Hampshire were all found guilty of gross misconduct after they were recorded … Read more

NHS chief slams ministers for trying to shift the blame for coronavirus failings onto health bosses

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Chief executive of NHS Providers Chris Hopson (pictured) said ‘years of underfunding’ for PHE and public health more generally have left the country unprepared to deal with a pandemic Ministers have been accused of seeking to deflect attention from their own handling of the coronavirus crisis after reports Public Health England is to be broken … Read more

City watchdog warns of serious failings in the equity release market

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Money Mail today exposes how pushy equity release salesmen are getting rich by draining the property wealth built up over decades by elderly homeowners. Our investigation reveals how vulnerable customers are bombarded with calls, emails and letters encouraging them to take out expensive loans that can quickly wipe out a lifetime of mortgage payments. And … Read more

Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’, damning new report warns 

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Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’ and officials are not learning lessons from incidents in which freed offenders go on to commit horrific crimes, damning new report warns Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russel says internal checks are not sufficient He says the Government is ‘not doing enough to learn from past mistakes’ System … Read more