Colin Flatt, who his partner described as having been a "strong, capable man" never recovered after falling over a hospital balcony on to a glass table An ex-footballer with dementia who died after ...

An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height had been "chemically coshed, deprived of his liberty, abused and bruised... stripped of his dignity" while in NHS care, his family ...

As the NHS goes through a convulsion of collective grief and shame, and reflects on the content and recommendations of the Francis report, it should be too early to talk about moving on. But in fact, ...

SIR - I would like to publicly thank the NHS care in the community team who cared for my mother at her home during the last 10 day so of her long fight against cancer. Despite my own misgivings when ...

FEBRUARY is National Dignity Month and the hospital is raising awareness of its efforts to improve patients’ experiences. Dignity is about treating patients as being of worth, in a way that is ...

At least one in five NHS patients have said they were treated at times without dignity or respect, according to analysis of a 2012 poll. The survey found there was a likelihood of a lower standard of ...

EVERYONE receiving care, whether in hospital or elsewhere, deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. As Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said last week: “Good intentions are simply not enough.” ...

Female hospital patients’ dignity, privacy and safety is being “diminished significantly” by the imposition of transgender rights in the health service, it has been warned at Westminster. Speaking in ...

An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height was "stripped of his dignity" while in NHS care, his family said. Colin Flatt, whose clubs included Leyton Orient and Cambridge ...