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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, previously at the centre of a superbug scandal, has made “substantial improvements” according to the Healthcare Commission.

A Worcestershire couple have received a five-figure compensation pay out after hospital errors led to the death of their baby son shortly after his birth.

Up to half of primary care trusts (PCTs) are not meeting government commitments to improve safety and choice of maternity services, says the Health Service Journal.

A checklist devised by the World Health Organisation can cut deaths by 40% and complications by more than a third when it is used in major operations.

Cancer patients will soon be able to get all their prescriptions for free, even if the medicines are not related to their cancer.