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Young woman dies after sepsis is left undiagnosed following a medical termination
- 10.11.2021
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence
A mother-of-five passed away from sepsis due to a lack of basic medical care and knowledge following an abortion.
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What You Need to Know About Baby Loss Awareness Week
- 08.10.2021
- admin
- Clinical-negligence
Every year, thousands of families in the UK are affected by the death of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy. Potter Rees Dolan supports the annual Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW), which helps to raise awareness of the common causes of infant mortality and offer support to those who have experienced this tragedy.
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What You Need to Know About World Cerebral Palsy Day
- 06.10.2021
- admin
- Clinical-negligence
Today is World Cerebral Palsy Day - a day on which people from all over the world come together to help raise awareness of the neurological condition and make sure children and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) have the same rights and opportunities as others.
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Legal 500: Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury departments ranked for 2022
- 30.09.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
We're very proud to announce that once again Potter Rees Dolan's Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury departments are listed in the Legal 500. Several Partners have also been recognised within the 2022 publication.
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Team PRD complete Great Manchester Run for Headway
- 28.09.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury
Team PRD are home and dry after a wonderful event at the Great Manchester 10k on Sunday!
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North West NHS Foundation Trust entered into Recovery Support Programme for second time
- 31.08.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
The hospital trust for north Lancashire and south Cumbria has been placed into special measures for a second time. Helen Dolan, Head of Clinical Negligence and Senior Partner here at Potter Rees Dolan comments...
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Team PRD to take part in Manchester Legal Walk 2021
- 23.08.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury, Opinion, Media-Coverage
Potter Rees Dolan has put together a team to take on the Manchester Legal Walk 2021 this September! We will be raising funds for the North West Legal Support Trust (the local arm of the Access to Justice Foundation) which funds vital local advice services.
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Team PRD take on Great Run Manchester for local Headway branches
- 29.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury
We are extremely proud - and excited - to announce that we have put together a team to take on the Great Run - Manchester 10k in September, raising funds for local branches of Headway.
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Hospital’s lack of attention and knowledge directly contributed to 2-year-old’s death, inquest finds
- 29.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
An inquest into the death of 2-year-old Cristiana Banciu has found that a lack of attention and knowledge by hospital staff contributed to her death, after she suffered a rare response to influenza.
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Department for Work & Pensions proposes bereavement benefits extension
- 22.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is proposing extending bereavement benefits to unmarried parents co-habiting with loved ones at the time of death.
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