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Health secretary to ask NHS chief to review case of boy, 5, who died a week after being sent home from hospital

Sky News Tuesday, 5 March 2024
The uncle of five-year-old Yusuf Nazir who died a week after he was sent home from a hospital emergency department has told Sky News the health secretary is to ask NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard to look at the case.
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