Colin Flatt, who his partner described as having been a "strong, capable man" never recovered after falling over a hospital balcony on to a glass table An ex-footballer with dementia who died after ...

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Health inspectors are to mount spot checks on NHS hospitals after finding hundreds of older people being treated without dignity or adequate privacy on wards across England. In a report today on ...

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An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height was "stripped of his dignity" while in NHS care, his family said. Colin Flatt, whose clubs included Leyton Orient and Cambridge ...