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The Independent
3 days ago
- Health
- The Independent
Wes Streeting is right to listen to bereaved parents – and I am one of them
How do you parent a baby who has died? This is a question my partner and I were left with when our son, Sasha, was stillborn in January 2022. We had all this overflowing love and care in our hearts, and no living baby to give it to. People don't like to think about baby loss. It's simply too sad and shocking for most. So, for us, keeping Sasha's name alive and trying to speak the truth of his life and death became one of the ways we parented him. Being unheard is one of the most common experiences that unites bereaved families. It is not only that many of us fear stigma or hurtful reactions when we speak about our babies. Many parents, especially those from low-income or ethnic minority families, will have had their concerns during pregnancy ignored or not taken seriously by healthcare professionals. When the tragedy of a baby's death occurs, it is often the case that our complaints are met with denial or obfuscation by the hospital. Many bereaved parents, particularly those who feel or know that their baby's death could have been prevented, eventually come to expect that we will not be listened to, that our warnings or suggestions about maternity care in the UK will remain unheeded. Now, I can say for the first time since my boy died, I know what it feels like to be listened to. When Wes Streeting invited bereaved families to speak with him about their losses and what needs to improve in UK maternity services, many expected that it would not lead to any meaningful change. And this nearly did happen. But after presenting an overview of suggested actions to improve maternity services to bereaved parents – including those whose losses occurred at scandal-hit hospitals such as Nottingham, Shrewsbury and Telford, Leeds and Sussex – something did change. The health secretary openly acknowledged that the conventional approach to policy was not working. He said that he would work more closely with bereaved parents and head a task force that would include bereaved parents, promising to produce this policy together. Witnessing the words of bereaved parents genuinely convince the health secretary and change the course of action felt like a miracle. Of course, it shouldn't have. This should be how most decisions in our country are made – with the direct involvement of those closest to the issue. Not only did I feel lighter, but, for the first time since my son's death, I felt hope that things might actually change. Wes Streeting has realised something that many policymakers and NHS leaders before him have been unable to see. Bereaved parents are key to improving maternity care. We are not only experts by experience, having witnessed firsthand how things go wrong in maternity care. Whether by advocating for change, pursuing legal justice or following complaints procedures, we also amass a depth of knowledge of the wider healthcare system, from both a user and a technical experience perspective. This is only the start of a much larger and longer process, but this new beginning is on the right track. I hope that policymakers continue to listen to us, to seriously consider our suggestions and learn from our losses, even though it is a more challenging process than traditional top-down decision making. I hope that they realise that we are their biggest and most trustworthy asset for improving maternity care. We have nothing to personally gain, no reputations to protect, and we have already lost that which is most precious to us. We simply don't want future parents and babies to go through what we did. We want a future where parents can be confident they will receive safe care and be listened to when this goes wrong.
The Verge
6 days ago
- The Verge
Russia frees REvil hackers after sentencing
Four members of the REvil ransomware group have been released from custody despite pleading guilty to fraud and malware distribution charges. The Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg allowed Roman Muromsky, Andrei Bessonov, Mikhail Golovachuk, and Dmitry Korotaev to walk free after sentencing them to five years in prison on Monday, ruling that the gang members had spent enough time in a Russian detention center while awaiting trial. The case is unrelated to the prolific and high-profile ransomware attacks that the REvil group was noted for before it was shut down in 2021. The four REvil members were among several arrests made by Russian authorities in January 2022 after the US government warned that it would take its own action against Russian ransomware groups if the Kremlin failed to do so. According to Russian state-owned news agency TASS, Muromsky, Bessonov, Golovachuk, and Korotaev confirmed they were involved in REvil activities between October 2015 and January 2022, and primarily targeted US citizens. This includes 'carding,' a form of fraud and laundering that involves using stolen credit card information to buy prepaid gift cards. The court also ordered Bessonov to surrender two 2020 BMWs, and a 2019 Mercedes-Benz C200 and more than $1 million (in rubles and US dollars) to be seized from Korotaev. The sentencing did not include any fines. A total of 14 REvil members were arrested in January 2022, four of whom — Daniil Puzyrevsky, Artem Zayets, Alexey Malozemov, and Ruslan Khansvyarov — were handed prison sentences of up to six and a half years in October. It is not currently believed that any of them have been, or will be, extradited to the US.
Washington Post
7 days ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
Arbitrator dismissed NFLPA collusion case; found teams were urged to reduce guarantees
An arbitrator dismissed a case filed by the NFL Players Association in 2022 alleging that the NFL and teams improperly colluded to prevent certain players from receiving fully guaranteed contracts, even while finding that the league's labor negotiating unit encouraged teams to reduce guaranteed money in players' contracts. The ruling was made in January by Christopher F. Droney, the system arbitrator in charge of resolving disputes between the NFL and the NFLPA arising from their collective bargaining agreement. His decision was not released by the league and players' union. It was confirmed Tuesday by two people familiar with the matter after the ruling was obtained and released by the podcast 'Pablo Torre Finds Out.'
Daily Mail
18-06-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Karen Read sobs as she learns verdict in murder trial
Karen Read sobbed in court as she was acquitted of murder over the death of her Boston police boyfriend. Read, 45, was accused of drunkenly ramming her SUV into her boyfriend, former Boston police officer John O'Keefe, and leaving him to die in blizzard conditions on January 29, 2022. A jury returned a not guilty verdict on the charges of murder and leaving the scene resulting in death on Wednesday. She was found guilty of Operating Under the Influence and sentenced to probation. The former adjunct college professor, who wore a powder blue blazer, cried and hugged her lawyer Alan Jackson after the judge delivered the news. This is a developing story...
CNN
18-06-2025
- CNN
Karen Read's jury reaches verdict in her retrial for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend
CrimeFacebookTweetLink Follow The jury has reached a verdict in the retrial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her vehicle and leaving him to die in the snow in January 2022. The verdict, which will be read in court shortly, marks the culmination of a long, divisive case that stretched over two trials. The first ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked on the charges, unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Read has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. She faces up to life in prison if found guilty of second-degree murder. The jury deliberated for about 21 hours over four days.
