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Cancer Research UK has today revealed that if current trends continue, cancer cases will rise from the 384,000 diagnosed each year now, to over half a million by 2040. The report, Cancer in the UK: Overview 2023, was released ahead...

Ombudsman Rob Behrens comments on the report released today by the Healthcare Investigation Safety Branch (HSIB) on access to critical patient safety information. The report highlights a case where a patient was misidentified leading clinicians to think a do not...

Ombudsman Rob Behrens has commented today on the news the Government will drop three of the recommendations from Wendy Williams' lessons-learned review into the Windrush scandal. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has confirmed the Government will now no longer be running...

A man who unnecessarily paid over £8,500 in child support has received the money back after the national Ombudsman found failings by Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Mr E was contacted by CMS in 2014 following the breakdown of a relationship...

The Government has published its response to pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Victims Bill. The Bill aims to reduce barriers for justice by removing the requirement that victims of crime must go through an MP to make a complaint about...