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Manchester is first region to benefit from new life-saving lung checks
- 19.08.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Residents in North and East Manchester are the first in the country to benefit from new life-saving health checks aimed at detecting early signs of lung cancer.
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A recent national survey we carried out has revealed key insights into how the UK public perceives people with stomas. View the survey data in full here.
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Record numbers of patients waiting for routine operations on NHS
- 09.08.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
June 2019 saw a record number of patients - 4.4 million - in England waiting for routine operations on the NHS. Our Helen Budge, senior Clinical Negligence solicitor here at Potter Rees Dolan, comments here...
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New device may diagnose sepsis in less than 30 minutes
- 07.08.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have developed a device that can detect a key biomarker of sepsis in less than a drop of blood, and the process takes less than 30 minutes to complete. Our Head of Clinical Negligence, Helen Dolan, comments here...
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If you are living with a stoma, you may need to make changes to your diet - but that doesn’t mean you can’t eat well. Read our dietary guide for some top tips on what is best to eat / not eat when living with a stoma...
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Claimant’s curse of failing to recover additional liabilities following a funding switch from Legal Aid to a pre-LASPO CFA has been broken!
- 01.08.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
To the woe of Claimant solicitors up and down the country, there has seemingly been a recent barrage of cases where the decision as to whether it was reasonable for a Claimant, who was legally aided, to change funding to a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) prior to the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) has gone in favour of the paying party.
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Experts warn skin cancer risk is not just from holiday sun
- 19.07.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
Cancer Research UK warn skin cancer rates have ‘soared’ over the last ten years, particularly in men and younger adults and are urging people to protect their skin more when in the UK.
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Potter Rees Dolan support Creating Connections initiative
- 17.07.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
This week we had the pleasure of welcoming a 16-year-old school leaver to our offices, as part of a new legal work experience initiative from Kings Chambers and RECLAIM Project.
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Sepsis: Hospital apologise after failings led to death of 4-year-old
- 16.07.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A hospital has apologised after a number of failures led to the death of a four-year old girl with sepsis. Gill Edwards, Partner within our Clinical Negligence department, comments here...
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Government launch £20million fund to improve disabled rail access
- 15.07.2019
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
Disabled rail passengers around the UK will benefit from improvements to station accessibility, after the government recently announced the launch of a £20 million funding scheme. Our Gary Herbert, Partner within our Personal Injury team, comments in PRD's latest blog.
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