Michael Buchanan

Hebridean | Social Affairs Correspondent

[Maeve McClenaghan @MaeveMCC]

Out now - all thanks to the resilience, patience and bravery of our incredible sources. A joint investigation between The Guardian and ITV News: the allegations surrounding David Walliams https://t.co/DbhIz1pbH1

[Sean Coughlan @seanjcoughlan]

Breaking: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been served with a summons to give evidence in a High Court fraud trial. It could cast an interesting light on his finances. He's the first royal with such a witness summons since the 19th Century.

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

From “free” rooms to investment opportunities: how taxpayers are paying for private companies to make large profits from the benefits system.
@BBCPanorama

https://t.co/AVNGu1f5MV

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"The NHS is extremely stretched...you can't ask staff to pour from an empty cup."

Katie Russell lost her daughter Poppy in preventable circumstances at birth. Katie and her husband Neil are now working with the trust to bring compassionate care back into the NHS.

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

NEW: A couple whose daughter died due to poor maternity care have launched an initiative to bring compassion into the NHS.

Poppy’s Promise came out of the failure of the NHS to treat her parents as human beings, including blaming mum for the death.

https://t.co/ro9MS5ZsTa

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

Extraordinary that these failures should happen in East Kent, which has had multiple agencies overseeing its maternity services.
What hope for improved care if those who’ve been scrutinized can’t learn.

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

NEW: An NHS trust has apologised after 8 babies may have survived with better care. All were term stillbirths.

Since then, another 7 term stillbirths have occurred.
The deaths all happened at East Kent, where a maternity review has already occurred.
https://t.co/pQI52WUYz7

[Mark Chappell Gig Vids 🎥 @MarkChappellino]

Snow Patrol sounding amazing at the Royal Albert Hall tonight 🎶❤️ Celebrating 20 years of their brilliant album ‘Eyes Open’ 📀

@snowpatrol 🎸

🎥 ‘Chasing Cars’

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

It’s estimated that one in five women in the UK will experience a miscarriage in their lifetime.

But if you lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks, there is currently no legal right to bereavement leave.

I don’t think that’s right.

Losing a pregnancy can be devastating. You and your partner shouldn’t have to worry about going straight back to work.

So we’re changing the law.

From April, women and their partners will be entitled to two weeks off after any pregnancy loss.

And we’re making wider changes, with new rights to time off when you lose someone you love.

When you’re grieving, you deserve the time and space to do that.

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

https://t.co/TbxS7N2RjM

[Sarah Hawkins @Sajhawkins1]

It feels so unfair that former executives refused to take part in #Ockenden review. Over 500 mothers and babies suffered potentially avoidable death/ harm.

Why is this only ever ok in the #NHS and maternity. In any other walk of life they would be in jail #Nottingham

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

Now @thetimes says there should be "a judge-led, statutory public inquiry" into maternity failures. It comes after we tracked down the former medical director in Nottingham. He didn't cooperate with the Ockenden review, and didn't answer our questions.

https://t.co/y2HCFoXFVV

[Gary John @BoWynStorm]

Families deserve accountability. Former executives of NUH knew about maternity harm and did nothing!! @BBCMBuchanan @BBCNews @nottmhospitals @YvetteCooperMP @MichelleWelshMP @wesstreeting @andyburnham

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

NEW: Data from the British Social Attitudes survey suggests just 7% of people support cuts to disability benefits.
49% said they supported more being spent on such benefits, even if it led to higher taxes.

https://t.co/V0G1v7EfI3

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

@MartynPitman Quite possibly

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

NEW: The inquiry into maternity care in Sussex begins today. It will examine over 1000 cases from 2018 and is expected to report in 2029.

https://t.co/rLAoyetkHu

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

It is the 6th maternity inquiry into a specific NHS trust in England since 2013.
To those who argue, ‘what’s the point, don’t we know the problems’ I’d urge them to listen to Woman’s Hour yesterday to understand why this matters to the parents who were failed.

[Jane McMullen @jane_mcmullen]

I’m so proud to share that the investigation I’ve been working on for the past 18 months is launching on BBC R4 & Panorama - the remarkable story of an alleged Saudi spy who helped the first two 9/11 hijackers who arrived in the US.

https://t.co/FjEBLKFb0u

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

Some news from my ever courageous wife. So proud of Elizabeth and all that she accomplishes.

https://t.co/pSdpYjiBWQ

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

Our original story
https://t.co/LK6yDm6arP

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

Last year, we reported concerns about Marc Lamah, a surgeon in Brighton.
The death of Arthur Brooke Craig raise further questions for him and the Royal Sussex Hospital.
https://t.co/PwSO3zTkrN