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Will I have a claim if I wasn’t called for a mammogram?
- 04.05.2018
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
If you are one of the 450,000 women who was not called for a mammogram due to the recently identified computer error then you may have a clinical negligence claim, however, the failure the screen you itself will not be sufficient to bring a claim.
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Breast cancer symptoms and signs - what to look out for
- 03.05.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Following on from the technical error in the NHS whereby thousands of women failed to receive their invitation to a routine breast cancer screening, we've posted the advice from the NHS website.
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Hundreds of women at risk due to breast cancer screening error
- 03.05.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A computer error in the NHS failed to send out invitation letters to hundreds of women for a breast cancer screening appointment. Up to 270 women did no receive their invitations to a final routine breast cancer screening, a review has found.
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Online GP firms deemed unsafe to prescribe drugs by inspectors
- 23.03.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Almost half of online GP firms were deemed unsafe by not providing safe care to patients. The 35 online GP companies in England have been under investigation over the past 18 months by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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Back pain: not all patients are getting the proper care
- 22.03.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Patients are often 'getting wrong care' when it comes to lower back pain which can cause disability...
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Boy suffering with rare brain condition after being sent home by GP
- 21.03.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A young boy is suffering from Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis, a rare condition which effects the brain, just hours after being sent home by his GP.
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Woman found bandages inside her seven weeks after giving birth
- 01.03.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A new mum was left horrified after discovering a large piece of decomposing material, believed to be bandages, inside her body seven weeks after giving birth.
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Woman sent home from hospital with 'migraine' dies from meningitis
- 27.02.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A mother-of-five, who was left bedridden from tiredness and headaches, died from meningitis after being mistakenly diagnosed with a migraine and sent home from hospital.
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Stroke sufferers in the UK are getting younger so 'Act FAST'
- 01.02.2018
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
As the average age for first time stroke sufferers in the UK drops from 71 to 68 in men and 75 to 73 in women, it is important that members of the public are aware of the Act FAST campaign.
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Families wait years for compensation payouts for maternity errors
- 17.01.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
New figures show how long some families have to wait years for compensation payouts for clinical negligence claims with many families waiting years for a payout after the medical error as it takes a long time to resolve complex legal cases.
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