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Meningitis W: Why Get Injected?
- 18.08.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
As the start of the new academic year looms for hundreds of thousands of students across the UK, young people starting university or college are being urged to contact their GPs and get an injection against meningitis.
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Guidelines published on treatment of sepsis in hospitals
- 13.07.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
These guidelines are the first time NICE have put in place specific recommendations in relation to sepsis and make clear that whilst the symptoms and presentation can be vague, due to the complicated and potentially fatal nature of sepsis
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How does it feel to claim compensation on behalf of your child?
- 05.07.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
We wanted to offer an honest and transparent account of how it feels to go through this process. Choosing to pursue compensation on behalf of a loved one can be difficult in many ways you would never have imagined. But hopefully after all said and done, it’s all worth it.
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Beyond The Rhetoric: Recent Legal Changes Which Impact On Brain Injury (BISWG)
- 22.06.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The BISWG conference has reminded me about the need for access to specialist brain injury social workers for both the injured person and their family.
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Motion for chronic pain to be identified as medical condition
- 21.06.2016
- LesleyHerbertson
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
It has been reported by the Royal College of Anaesthetists that at least 10 MPs have signed up to an Early Day Motion that chronic pain be identified as a condition in its own right.
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Quality of investigations into baby deaths not good enough
- 10.06.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The recent investigation by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists into problems in labour has highlighted the major issue of investigation into the deaths. The report has concluded that the quality of such investigations is simply not good enough.
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Patients at risk due to early discharge from hospital
- 27.05.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Such delays are estimated to cost an eye-watering £820m each year and are putting older patients at risk due to the loss of mobility seen during prolonged stays in hospital.
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Complaint to NHS after delay in diagnosing cancer led to death
- 24.05.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
This tragic case is one of the unfortunate matters to have come to light with the latest reports on complaints handled by the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO)
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Fifteen babies die every day in the UK from stillbirth or within four weeks of being born
- 18.05.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
New report has shown the number of babies dying every day either during labour or within a month of their birth.
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Short-staffed ambulance service leads to increased waiting times
- 10.05.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The CQC found insufficient staffing levels at East Midlands Ambulance Service which had a direct impact on ambulance response times which is worrying as often with serious medical conditions and accidents the timing of the intervention is crucial.
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