A major review of NHS patient safety, conducted by US expert Don Berwick, has been published and one of its key recommendations is a new criminal offence for "wilful neglect". Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will consider the proposal.
The mother of Kane Gorny, who died of dehydration after hospital staff ignored his pleas for a glass of water, told ITV's Daybreak a minimum staffing level in the NHS "is a definite" and could have helped save her son's life.
A review of patient safety by US expert Professor Don Berwick will be released today and is expected to recommend that there should be a legal duty for staff to report when procedures go wrong.
Prof Don Berwick, who was appointed to President Barack Obama's administration, is also set to call for a minimum staffing level to be introduced.
Rita Gorny believes both changes would have helped her son, she said: "A minimum staffing level is a definite as far as I'm concerned and I don't think junior doctors should be left alone, I think there should be a senior doctor at all times.
"I think junior doctors should be able to ask for help if they need it, without feeling stupid".
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
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