Nakashima's health was failing, so he passed the project on to his daughter, Mira Nakashima-Yarnall, who had apprenticed with him for 20 years.

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But inspectors from the health watchdog found that the unit was "still failing to comply with national regulations on staffing".

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Neil Crawford, who worked for Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS), was disciplined by the Health Professions Council for failing to act properly.

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The November report said these standards had been met, but it was failing to carry out appropriate mental health assessments with other agencies, but this had now been addressed.

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Lord Marks was speaking in support of an amendment which would enable the health secretary to intervene if he or she thought the Board was failing in its duties.

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This sense of dysfunction inside the Holy See - combined with considerations of failing health - pushed him to make what he has admitted was a "grave" decision to step down.

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Dr Urquhart, who was employed by the Torbay Health Authority and the South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, is accused of failing to recall three patients for assessment who had "significant clinical signs or symptoms".

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Elsewhere, concerns were raised over the failing health of the chief justice of the Supreme Court , William Rehnquist, after he revealed he was receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatment for his thyroid cancer.

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