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Hundreds of Amazon warehouse staff injured in workplace accidents over past three years
- 19.02.2020
- JessicaMG
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
New figures compiled by the GMB Union suggest that hundreds of people have been seriously injured over the last three years while working at Amazon warehouses around the UK. Richard Edwards, a Partner within our Personal Injury team who specialises in handling serious accident at work claims, comments in our latest blog...
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MPs debate acquired brain injury in Parliament
- 14.02.2020
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Court-of-Protection, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Court-of-Protection
On Thursday last week (6th February 2020) MPs debated acquired brain injury in Parliament.
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FA to impose restrictions on heading the ball for under-18s
- 14.02.2020
- JessicaMG
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Our Gary Herbert, a Partner within the Personal Injury team here at PRD who is currently serving on the committee for Headway Salford & Trafford, comments on the FA's proposals to ban heading of footballs in training for under-18s in our latest blog...
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Further preventable baby deaths uncovered at East Kent Hospitals NHS
- 12.02.2020
- LesleyHerbertson
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
An investigation by BBC News has exposed more preventable baby deaths at the NHS trust which has already been criticised for its maternity services. Our Lesley Herbertson, a Partner in our Clinical Negligence team, comments here...
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Women in West Midlands facing 10-week delays for smear test results
- 06.02.2020
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Thousands of women are thought to be affected by the backlog that built up since Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust took over the service for Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham, Coventry, Herefordshire and Worcestershire in April 2019. Our Helen Budge, Senior Clinical Negligence Solicitor, comments here...
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Inquiry into malpractice of breast surgeon Ian Paterson publishes findings
- 04.02.2020
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
The two-year independent inquiry into the malpractice of breast surgeon Ian Paterson has found that a culture of “avoidance and denial” allowed him to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women. Our Gill Edwards comments here...
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Inquiry into malpractice of rogue breast surgeon to publish findings today
- 04.02.2020
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
An inquiry into the malpractice of rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson is expected to make recommendations on regulations around surgeons working in private hospitals after it publishes its findings in a report today.
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Liverpool Clinicians create new head trauma score to tackle unnecessary referrals
- 03.02.2020
- JeanneEvans
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A team of staff from The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed a score to help clinicians define mild traumatic brain trauma. Our Jeanne Evans, Partner within our Personal Injury team, comments here...
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Last week, we held a joint training seminar with AKA Case Management to explore in detail the various conflicts that can, and inevitably do, arise between the litigation, financial considerations and rehabilitation/therapy needs when working with challenging clients and their families, and to explore whether the professional parties are really on the same side. Is there a way to stop such conflicts arising? Or are the conflicts themselves an essential part of our roles in delivering rehabilitation to our shared clients? Read on for more...
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