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Patients with genuine life-threatening conditions reached quicker due to new ambulance target times
- 14.07.2017
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Ambulance target times will change affecting some conditions which would previously have been classified as “life-threatening” (requiring a response in eight minutes) to “emergency” (requiring a response in 18 minutes).
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New report suggests preventing patients from full compensation
- 28.06.2017
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Access to justice is of paramount importance within our society and should be equal for everyone but more and more we are finding some of the most vulnerable in society being denied that access.
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Reducing baby deaths and brain injuries during childbirth
- 21.06.2017
- GillEdwards
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion
In the UK, each year between 500 and 800 babies die or are left with severe brain injury – not because they are born too soon or too small, or have a congenital abnormality, but because something goes wrong during labour.
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Will new NHS Resolution really resolve claims quicker?
- 15.06.2017
- GillEdwards
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
When patients decide to investigate a potential claim for compensation because they have been injured due to medical negligence, the vast majority of claims relate to treatment under an NHS Trust. The Defendant body for hospital Trusts is the NHS Litigation Authority, but this has recently been renamed to NHS Resolution.
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Proposal to support babies born with brain injuries needs work
- 01.06.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Recent scheme from Department of Health aims to support early investigation of birth injury cases but has come under some criticism.
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Report finds sepsis care is improving in emergency departments
- 01.06.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Patients are receiving better care for severe sepsis and septic shock, according to a recent report endorsed by the Sepsis Trust, but improvements still need to be made to speed up treatment.
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Survey finds legal system failing those with serious injuries
- 31.05.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The study from the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) found people who made catastrophic injury compensation claim felt they were unfairly treated by the legal system and many were left unsatisfied with the outcome of their claim.
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Baby deaths under investigation at another North West hospital
- 18.05.2017
- GillEdwards
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The deaths of 15 babies in the Countess of Chester Hospital Neonatal Unit are being investigated by Cheshire police at the hospital Trust’s request and low staff numbers have cropped up as an issue again.
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Why do some Hospital Trusts perform better than others?
- 16.05.2017
- GillEdwards
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
We look into the high death rates at Blackpool Teaching Hospital and why some Trusts perform better than others.
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HSE to prosecute hospital after young man drowns in bath
- 11.05.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
It has recently been reported that the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) is going to prosecute the organisation in relation to the failings identified following the death of Connor Sparrowhawk in July 2013.
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