The County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has apologised to breast cancer patients, and their families, affected by the failings identified in an independent external review. More than 200 cases are being investigated at the Trust, which runs nine hospitals in the county.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities encourages us to recognise the rights, experiences and needs of disabled people. For families who care for someone with a lifelong disability it’s often a worry how they will cope if you’re not there to protect them. Carers spend so much of their time worrying about the things they need to do for their loved one they forget about what they need to do for themselves.

Survivors of Medomsley Detention Centre continue to seek full acknowledgement of the abuse they suffered. Learn how decades of trauma, investigations and compensation efforts have shaped the ongoing fight for truth and justice.

White Ribbon Day is annually recognised as the day men show their year-long commitment to ending gender-based violence against women and girls.

A BBC report today has brought renewed public attention to the long-standing concerns around maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The article features a family whose traumatic experience dates back to 2009 - well outside what many expect will be the proposed timeframe of the upcoming independent inquiry.

David Greenwood, Head of Switalskis Child Abuse Compensation department, represents a woman who, as a pupil at St Bede’s School in Redhill in 1984, was subjected to repeated sexual abuse by David Tudor.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is part of a national review led by Baroness Valerie Amos to improve maternity and neonatal care, enhance safety, reduce birth injuries, and ensure compassionate, high-quality support for families.

When we hear the phrase “vicarious liability,” it can sound like complicated legal jargon. But it’s actually a simple idea, and one that often comes up when an employee causes harm while doing their job. Here we take a look at it in practice.