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Hundreds of women suing NHS over vaginal mesh implants
- 18.04.2017
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
I have been approached by multiple women who have undergone various treatments under the NHS in respect of incontinence but who have been left far worse off in their view as a result of complications associated with the mesh itself.
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Speed bumps: will they soon be a thing of the past?
- 18.04.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
Councils across the UK could phase out speed bumps from our roads in an effort to reduce air pollution.
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More hospitals to offer life-saving procedure for stroke sufferers
- 11.04.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
New treatment for stroke victims is being introduced to more hospitals where doctors take a delicate piece of wire to the blood clot in the brain
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Why I'm Welcoming World Delirium Day 2017
- 15.03.2017
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
I often comment on news articles and campaigns targeting different medical conditions and illness but only a few campaigns deal with such a specific age related condition as delirium.
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Discount rate is reduced for personal injury damages
- 27.02.2017
- GaryHerbert
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
I welcome the news that the Lord Chancellor Liz Truss has reduced the discount rate for personal injury damages, although stresses that this is not a ‘windfall’ for Claimants with brain and spinal injuries.
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We thought it would be a great idea to get the new year off to a healthy start so we invited a guest speaker to Potter Rees Dolan to give us some healthy tips and advice.
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Blindness after a severe brain injury could be reversed
- 20.12.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
People who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and have been left blind as a result could recover full 20/20 vision after the simple operation.
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Argument into whether clinicians should be NHS chief executives
- 16.12.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
More doctors and nurses should be in positions 'at the most senior levels', according to the Health Secretary.
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Emergency Admission Delays
- 07.12.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
It was with concern that I recently read the BBC article commenting on the fact that more than one in ten patients in England face long delays for a hospital bed after an emergency admission.
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Stroke: Are Thousands Missing Out on Treatment?
- 07.12.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The National Stroke Audit estimated that only 600 patients a year receive a therapy, known as clot retrieval, which can restore blood flow to the brain preventing lasting damage.
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