Leeds is now the subject of a major inquiry into maternity. I previously reported on its decade long pursuit of 'normal birth' ideology that saw it have the lowest number of caesareans while stillbirths and baby deaths soared to the worst nationally www.thetimes.com/article/f3af...
In the period that Leeds maternity unit had the lowest number of caesareans, its rate of stillbirths and newborn deaths became the worst nationally
New patient experience standards for the NHS are set to be launched in a few weeks - aimed at keeping patients informed while they wait to tackle one of the biggest areas of complaint about lack of info. In the print edition of your Sunday Times:
Really looking forward to a few days at #HLTHEurope conference in Amsterdam. Huge amounts of innovation on show but critical are the discussions on how health systems manage the huge pace of change and growing demand with diminishing funding and capacity.
Shaun Lintern
This censure motion was made and voted on by attendees (online and in person) at the BMA resident doctors conference which took place yesterday.
NHS chiefs in Leeds were warned against splitting neonatal care over two sites, The Sunday Times has found. Sources fear up to 3,000 cases of possible harm. Report by my excellent colleague David Collins www.thetimes.com/article/3de2...
You made me panic for a second!
🚨 Two children in England have died from measles this year. One child died from “acute measles” and another linked to the late effects of measles. So far this year there have been 736 cases compared with 959 cases for the whole of 2025.
