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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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