What can the NHS do to stop preventable deaths?

12/11/2025 41 min
What can the NHS do to stop preventable deaths?

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Episode Synopsis

A London NHS trust has been fined more than £500,000 and a ward manager convicted of health and safety offences over the death of 22-year-old Alice Figueiredo in Goodmayes Hospital. We ask whether the NHS could be doing more to stop preventable deaths in care.

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