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A nine-year-old boy left severely disabled when medical staff made errors during his birth has been awarded £8 million in compensation. Owen Johnson, from Dudley, West Midlands, sustained brain damage during his birth at Wordsley Hospital, Dudley, on April 18 1999, after he was temporarily deprived of oxygen.

The Department of Health has recently put together an end of life care strategy in a bid to promote high quality health and social care for all following the NHS Next Stage Review.

A hospital in Carmarthen is carrying out a review of up to 500 prostate biopsy results, after it was revealed that several patients had been given an incorrect diagnosis.

A rapid response report regarding guidelines for arterial line use has been issued to the UK medical profession and is due to be implemented in early 2009.

A Welsh man has been diagnosed with cancer following a prostate biopsy result mix-up.