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Jury finds failures in meal preparation, guidance and emergency response contributed to death of man who choked at Essex care home
Failures in meal preparation, guidance and emergency response contributed to the death of 41-year-old Paul Spearing, a jury has found, after he choked on food at an Essex care home.
Statement from parents of Sadie Salt as charges brought over two-year-old's death
Hertsmere Borough Council has today confirmed that it has authorised charges linked to the death of two-year-old Sadie Salt.
Failure to hold urgent suicide risk review probably contributed to 33-year-old's death in prison, jury concludes
An inquest into the death of 33-year-old Craig Gibbs found that failures in the way his escalating risk of self-harm and suicide was responded to on the day he died probably contributed to his death at HMP Exeter on 26 October 2022.
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