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Hospital admits death of baby was due to unreasonable use of forceps during delivery
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Death of baby has now been admitted as being caused by a head injury suffered as a result of repeated use of forceps during his delivery
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Make sure you stay safe in hospital to avoid a clinical negligence claim
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Campaign to make all care provided by the NHS safer for those who use it
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Misleading Telegraph article blaming solicitors' costs for NHS financial issues
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Whilst a number of people were quoted who act for Claimants and the NHS alike, the overall feel was one of blame on solicitors for having such high fees.
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Compensation for woman who was sent to the wrong hospital and left paralysed after stroke
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
I hope that lessons can be learnt from this case and that appropriate training is in place to ensure that such a tragic set of circumstances does not happen again
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Public reluctant to make complaint about NHS services, survey reveals
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Details from the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman into complaints published
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Spinal cord injury may be treated by cancer drug after lab tests on mice
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A new study looking at the effect of cancer drugs on mice with partially severed spinal cords
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Data shows GP out-of-hours services performed worse than NHS
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Recent data published which suggests that GP out-of-hours services provided by commercial companies perform slightly worse than NHS or not-for-profit equivalents
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A&E waiting times at lowest level in a decade after missing four-hour target
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
NHS has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time target for the past three months resulting in the lowest performance level since the target was introduced at the end of 2004.
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Report published into how system investigates clinical incidents in NHS
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
One of the conclusions drawn from this recent investigation was that patients and staff deserve to have untoward incidents investigated immediately
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Report published into different practices in orthopaedic surgery in England
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The BOA report has now identified a significant variation in practices and outcomes in terms of multiple elements of orthopaedic care, and most interestingly, a significant variation in litigation rates
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