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East Kent Trust Fined £733,000 for Failures in Mother and Baby's Care

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The Trust pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide safe care and treatment to a mother and her newborn son.
Teenagers at Greatest Risk of Self-harming Could Be Identified a Decade Earlier

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ACC 2021: What Could Change UK Cardiology Practice?

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