Alison Holt
Social Affairs Editor at BBC
@BBCNews Social Affairs Editor. Covering social care, welfare, child protection, disability, how we live our lives. Views my own. Retweets not endorsements
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt |James Melley
Under-fire NHS trust recorded patient ate breakfast three days after he diedAlison Holt & James MelleyBBCCarole Charles's husband Winbourne's death is one of 20 involving the same NHS hospital trust where coroners have raised serious concernsAn NHS mental health trust, recently found guilty of serious failings in the care of a young patient who took her own life, has had serious concerns raised over the deaths of 20 other patients over the last 10 years, the BBC has found.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt
Casey report pulls no punches - but will it lead to meaningful change? Alison HoltGetty ImagesBaroness Louise Casey's report into group-based sexual exploitation pulls no punches in its description of the failures at all levels to tackle what it calls one of the most horrendous crimes in our society. Now the question many will be asking is will her report bring about meaningful change?
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | James Melley |Alison Holt
We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truthJames Melley and Alison HoltFamily handoutAlice's family say she had a big personality and a passion for artWARNING: This article contains upsetting details and reference to suicideThere didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary when Jane Figueiredo spoke to her daughter that night on the phone. "Alice asked me to bring her some snacks for the next time we visited," Jane says.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt
Hospital and medic convicted over patient deathAlison HoltSocial Affairs Editor, BBC NewsReporting fromThe Old BaileyFigueiredo familyAlice Figueiredo made previous attempts to take her own life, the Old Bailey heardA hospital trust and a staff member have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of a young woman in a mental health unit.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt
Campaigners argued that the prescription of cross-sex hormones should also be addressed and criticised the government's failure to intervene. But Lady Justice Whipple said it was not "unreasonable or irrational" for the government to address the question of puberty blockers first and later come to cross-sex hormones. The court in London was also told health officials are looking at "alternative legal mechanisms" to tackle issues around private and overseas providers who prescribe such drugs.
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"We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth" - the powerful story of a family's long quest to expose failures in the care of their daughter, after her death on a mental health unit. https://t.co/T7J9i2kDv7
Struggling care providers say international recruitment is propping up the #care system that supports older and disabled people in the community. They describe the crackdown on overseas workers as 'short-sighted.' The govt wants more UK people recruited. https://t.co/cCmJ7dsbSf
RT @Eley90: 'The Truth about Baby Food Pouches' For Panorama, Catrin Nye, @oliverengles and I report on how some baby food in plastic pouc…