A toddler diagnosed with leukaemia was initially sent home from A&E after doctors thought she had the flu. Medics decided Gracie McHugh, then three, did not need further tests and treatment in 2023.

The baby suffered a traumatic brain injury, multiple bruises, a stroke, a broken neck vertebra, and swelling in the brain, requiring a ventilator to help him breathe. In a statement obtained by ...