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Dementia patient went missing all night from 'outstanding' care home

18.08.11
A doctor has criticised a care home rated "outstanding" where staff did not notice for more than four hours that her 80-year-old father was missing... more

Cancer patients in London rate their hospital care as worst in the country

21.04.11
Cancer patients in London have the worst experience of care during treatment than any where else in the country, research reveals... more

Woman's brain starved of oxygen as ambulance waited for police escort

06.04.11
Woman was left brain-damaged after an ambulance waited yards down the road for almost two hours for a police escort ... more

Woman starves to death after weight-loss surgery

11.03.11
20-stone London woman 'starved to death' after an NHS gastric bypass operation went wrong ... more

Nursing dreams of singing success

20.01.11
Four nurses at The Whittington Hospital are releasing an album of ballads after signing a record deal... more

The toddler whose cancer was said to be nappy rash

18.01.11
Toddler has made a remarkable recovery after doctors initially misdiagnosed her cancer as 'nappy rash'... more

Bright idea that’s putting mums in part-time work

09.12.10
Entrepreneurs: Karen Mattison and Emma Stewart help fellow mothers who are former professionals but can not find jobs that would fit around their children... more

Claire Rayner's final words: If David Cameron screws up my beloved NHS, I’ll come back and bloody haunt him

12.10.10
Claire Rayner wanted her final words to be a message to David Cameron telling him to protect her 'beloved NHS', her family said... more

G20 pathologist’s mistake ‘caused three years of hell’

23.09.10
Woman tells of her family’s “three years of hell” after a mistake by the pathologist who performed the disputed post-mortem on G20 newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson... more

A&E evacuated as air-con unit sparks fire alert

24.08.10
Whittington Hospital casualty department evacuated in a fire alert as a new air-conditioning unit belches out choking dust... more

Cabbie 'killed by smuggler’s rum mixed with cocaine'

19.07.10
Cabbie died from a massive heart attack after drinking from a bottle of rum — unaware it contained pure cocaine, a court hears... more

‘Out-of-hours doctor told my husband to stop taking the medication. The next day he was dead’

18.06.10
Widow of a leading neuroscientist tells of the heartbreak of losing her husband after an out-of-hours GP mistakenly told him to stop taking potentially life-saving drugs... more

Cab driver killed by cocaine hidden in gift of rum

08.04.10
Father of two allegedly collapsed and died in front of his son after drinking pure liquid cocaine which had been disguised as bottle of rum he was given by friend... more

Hospital doctors sign up for fight to save Whittington A&E

06.04.10
Doctors at the Whittington hospital are asking managers to prevent its A&E department shutting down... more

This criminal doctor and his botched back surgery has left me in agony

20.10.09
When a London surgeon promised Vivienne Edwards a cure for chronic back pain she couldn’t know the danger she was putting herself in... more

Timeline: The shocking events that led to death of Baby P

11.08.09
Timeline: Baby P case These are the key events in the Baby Peter case:... more

Banned surgeon's patient died in op

09.06.09
A woman died after a back operation by a surgeon barred from doing spinal surgery, an inquest has heard... more

Cab driver dies after drinking liquid cocaine concealed in rum bottle

05.06.09
A minicab driver died after drinking concentrated liquid cocaine which had been disguised as a bottle of rum a friend had innocently given him... more

How the high-cost area allowance is worked out

13.05.09
The “market forces factor” is used to decide how much extra money hospitals in expensive locations should be paid. Calculations are based on the amount each hospital pays for land, buildings and salaries... more

Hospital services at risk as millions cut from budgets

13.05.09
Tens of millions of pounds are being cut from London hospital budgets in the first sign of sweeping reductions in public spending... more

London health trust 'wastes £100,000' in failed bid for flagship status

20.04.09
A London health trust spent £100,000 applying to become a flagship foundation hospital - only to withdraw at the last minute... more

Surgeon is suspended after back operation woman dies

10.03.09
A London surgeon has been suspended after a fit and healthy mother died following a back operation... more

'Mother kills baby placed on risk register'

09.09.08
A baby boy had his back broken at the climax of eight months of violence leading to his death, the Old Bailey has heard... more

Dropout held indefinitely for knife attack on father

01.09.08
A university dropout who stabbed his father hours after he was sent home by psychiatrists was ordered to be detained in hospital indefinitely... more

Victim's girlfriend tells how he ignored her warning

23.07.08
The latest knife crime victim to die on the streets of London told his girlfriend he was too big to be stabbed just days before his death... more

Water pistol fight ended in death

21.07.08
This is the last picture of knife victim Freddy Moody taken just two hours before he was stabbed to death after a water pistol play fight apparently turned violent... more

Sick babies turned away by hospitals

16.06.08
About 500 critically ill children and babies have been turned away from London hospitals because of a shortage of intensive care beds... more

My joyful sister died in hospital blunder

03.03.08
The brother of a teenage girl who died after hospital staff failed to follow basic procedures spoke today about the family's grief and anger... more

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