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Last modified on Thu 14 Jan 2021 23.37 EST A study of baby deaths in twin pregnancies has found care was poor in at least half of cases, a finding that underlined concerns about fatally inadequate levels of maternity care in the NHS. The report, by the group Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries (MBRACE), concluded that lives could have been saved if care had been better and guidelines followed. An expert panel, including leading midwives and obstetricians, examined 50 twin pregnancies involving 80 baby deaths across the UK in 2017. Care was assessed as p...

Published on December 28th, 2020 The Fractracker Alliance has just published a new study on the potential impacts of health and safety setbacks and environmental justice in California revealing that over 2 million people, mostly low income and people of color, live within 2,500′ of oil and gas infrastructure. By Dan Bacher The report, People and Production: Reducing Risk in California Extraction, makes a number of conclusions, including recommending a setback of at least one mile between oil and gas wells and homes, schools, based on the peer reviewed literature. Kyl...

NHS board apologises for failings after fatal infections at crisis-hit Scots super hospital An oversight board was set up to address the specific issues of infection prevention and control at the £842 million facility, which opened in 2015. Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Image: Katielee Arrowsmith SWNS) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include...

BBC News Published image captionThe health board has apologised to families for 'distress caused' Doctors felt their concerns about ventilation and water at Scotland's largest hospital were not addressed, a new report has found. It was one of a number of failings found by the oversight board for the Queen Elizabeth University in Glasgow, after deaths were linked to infections. The interim report also highlighted issues with infection prevention and control, and communication. The health board has apologised for "distress caused to families affected". The oversight board was set up to addr...

Submitting... An adult and a child died after they contracted cryptococcus, an infection linked to pigeon droppings, while another adult died after contracting fungal infection mucor at the hospital. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. In the latter case the Procurator Fiscal concluded that the death was from natural causes and was likely unavoidable and that mucoraceous mould, while present, did not contribute to the death. Milly Main, 10, died in 2017 at the hospital from an infection, which her mother said she believes was “100%” due to contaminated water. The oversight...