Michael Buchanan
Social Affairs Correspondent at BBC
Hebridean | Social Affairs Correspondent
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bbc.com | Michael Buchanan
Streeting accused of 'betrayal' over maternity funding planMichael BuchananSocial affairs correspondentBBCRichard Stanton and Rhiannon Davies campaigned for a review into maternity services after their baby daughter died in 2009Campaigners have questioned Health Secretary Wes Streeting's commitment to maternity safety after his department watered down funding levels.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Michael Buchanan
Jobs fears as disability scheme owes businesses thousandsMichael BuchananSenior Social Affairs CorrespondentContributor handoutIt took six months for Lucy Earle to be assigned an Access to Work caseworkerBusinesses employing disabled people say they are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds by the government, and fear they may have to let staff go. Under the Access to Work scheme, companies and employees can apply for grants to help support disabled people in the workplace.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Michael Buchanan
Baby deaths trust claimed £2m 'good care' paymentsMichael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent, BBC NewsPA MediaIda Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her deliveryAn NHS trust criticised over the avoidable death of a newborn baby was paid £2m for providing good maternity care, the BBC can reveal.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Michael Buchanan
'The time for inquiries is over': The problem at the heart of the NHS's maternity care failuresMichael BuchananSocial Affairs CorrespondentBBCBy the entrance to Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness sits a sculpture of a moon with 11 stars. It is a memorial to the mother and babies who died unnecessarily due to poor care at the hospital between 2004 and 2013.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Michael Buchanan |Ian Shoesmith
A newborn baby died due to the gross failure of three midwives to provide basic medical care, a corner has ruled. Ida Lock was born at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) on 9 November 2019 but died a week later after suffering a serious brain injury due to a lack of oxygen.
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A powerful response to the decision to relax the rules over maternity funding. I suspect this isn’t going to go away.
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There can’t be many Hebridean companies, still less from Barra, that have had a display @JohnLewisRetail flagship store on London’s Oxford Street. Hugely proud of @BarraDistillers. Slainte! https://t.co/H2g8GG6C6W
RT @CelticFC: 🏆 CHAMPIONS AGAIN! Celtic are crowned Champions of Scotland for the fourth season in a row! Huge congratulations to Brendan…
