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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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Injury Prevention Week 2021
- 06.08.2021
- JessicaMG
- None
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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MPs say sport is 'marking its own homework' on athletes' brain injuries
- 29.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Personal-injury
Sport has been allowed to "mark its own homework" on reducing the risks of brain injury, according to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee.
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Leo's superhero challenge for LimbPower
- 29.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- None
Leo was born with a little left leg and had his foot amputated at the age of 1 to aid with the fitting of a prosthetic leg. Now he is taking on the Superhero Series 'Superheroes on Vacation' challenge to raise money for LimbPower.
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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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Maternity failings in England: 1000 babies die preventable deaths every year
- 13.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- None
A report by MPs has revealed that 1000 babies die preventable deaths every year in England because a culture of shifting blame and keeping tight-lipped means lessons are not learned after mistakes occur on NHS maternity wards.
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New initiative raising awareness of hidden disabilities launched in Cardiff
- 05.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
An initiative by Cardiff Council will see new signage put up outside accessible toilets around the city under the banner #BeTheChange, in order to raise awareness of hidden disabilities and conditions.
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Maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- 01.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
A joint investigation by The Independent and Channel 4 News has revealed that dozens of babies have died or been left with brain damage at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust maternity units. Our Gill Edwards, partner and clinical negligence solicitor, comments here.
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