Whistleblowers like Margaret Haywood have exposed a system in which accountability slips from one person to the next and eventually disappears says Jemima Lewis.
The family of a pensioner treated at the hospital where "appalling" levels of care were secretly filmed has pledged its support for the whistleblower nurse struck off for making the programme.
Serious complaints against nurses have risen by more than 40 per cent in a decade according to new figures.
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AP - Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits after a government declaration Friday setting the stage for the first federal regulation of gases blamed for global warming.
AP - When President Barack Obama eased limits on taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research, the big question became how far scientists could go. Friday, the government answered: They must use cells culled from fertility clinic embryos that otherwise would be thrown away.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- American adolescents who live in states that comply with tobacco sales laws are less likely to pick up a smoking habit than are those who live where the laws are not vigorously enforced, a new study has found.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Celiac disease makes your body intolerant to a protein called gluten, which is found in foods including wheat, rye and barley products. It can also be found in some vitamins, lip balms and medications.
Reuters - Operations on the kidney can be performed safely via laparoscopy in elderly patients, even those older than 80 years of age, investigators report.
AP - The Environmental Protection Agency concluded Friday that greenhouse gases linked to climate change "endanger public health and welfare," setting the stage for regulating them under federal clean air laws.
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