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A pregnant woman with a mood disorder was left ‘confused and terrified’ after doctors failed to realise she was in labour and refused to call her partner to be with her. The 39-year-old from Buckinghamshire who has cyclothymia, which is...

The Lucy Letby inquiry has been given statutory status, meaning that it now has use of all the legal powers available, including the power to compel witnesses to give evidence. Earlier this month, Ombudsman Rob Behrens wrote to the Health...

Ombudsman Rob Behrens has written to the Health Secretary urging him to prioritise improving patient safety in the wake of the Lucy Letby trial. He has called for the proposed inquiry into the events at the Countess of Chester NHS...

Commenting on the verdict in the trial of Lucy Letby, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rob Behrens said: “We know that, in general, people work in the health service because they want to help and that when things go wrong...

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) Rob Behrens is in Bristol on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 August for the second in a series of regional roadshows to speak to members of the local community about the issues they face...