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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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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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Another death at Tameside Hospital due to clinical gross negligence
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Inquest into her death found at least two instances of “gross negligence” in relation to the care and treatment she received at Tameside General Hospital in 2013 in the days before she died.
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My thoughts on the recent review into quality of NHS complaints handling
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Review into complaints regarding allegations of avoidable harm or death found that 40% of the initial investigations were not good enough
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Client without mental capacity retains their CFA thanks to Court of Appeal
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The Court of Appeal decision to uphold the validity of a Conditional Fee Agreement entered into with a brain injured client who regained her capacity before subsequently losing it again has been very much welcomed.
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Death rate at Tameside Hospital is 'higher than expected'
- 13.11.2015
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Here at PotterReesDolan we were surprised and dismayed to read that Tameside Hospital has once again been found to have higher than expected mortality rates.
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