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Pilot scheme launched to help NHS whistleblowers back to work
- 23.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
The Whistleblowers Support Scheme, which will run until March 2018, offers a range of services including career coaching and financial advice for staff who have suffered as a result of raising concerns about and NHS practice.
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Paramedic failings caused young woman to die from cardiac arrest
- 21.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Hayley Gascoigne, who was 32, didn't receive any medical treatment until four minutes after the paramedic arrived to the scene in the public waiting area at Hull Combined Court Centre.
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Investigation finds over 100,000 children not receiving help needed
- 16.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Action for Children, a UK based charity, has uncovered ‘huge cracks’ in the child protection services and mental health care provisions offered across the United Kingdom. The report highlights the black hole lurking between needs which may be too great for schools but fall short of eligibility for additional support.
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Risks in the power of attorney system as it lacks safeguards
- 15.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Court-of-Protection, Court-of-Protection, Court-of-Protection, Court-of-Protection, Court-of-Protection, Court-of-Protection
There are flaws in the power of attorney system, according to a woman whose father's finances were exploited by a neighbour.
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Another man has arm caught in conveyor belt at recycling factory
- 15.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
The dangers of the recycling industry is something we have covered frequently in recent years; particularly due to the fact we are representing a man who lost his hand following an accident working in a recycling factory.
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Occupational stress more common in men than women
- 14.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Men are more likely to suffer occupational stress and less likely to seek help than women, a new survey revealed. The charity, Mind, asked 15,000 employees about their mental health and a third of men admitted the issues they have are due to their job.
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Potholes, the injuries they cause and claiming compensation
- 10.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Potholes are an issue we have discussed in the past and they are certainly something Hugh Potter is well aware of after breaking his collarbone when his bicycle crashed due to the damaged road. But what happens when someone injures themselves; whether as a pedestrian, runner or cyclist? Who do you make a complaint to and can you claim compensation?
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A lack of suitable facilities is putting the UK’s disabled population at risk and, as this story demonstrates, it is not necessarily because no disabled facilities exist, but because they are not maintained and are treated as an afterthought.
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Provide the funding; improve standards of care; save money
- 08.08.2017
- GillEdwards
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
There was a 70% increase in 2016 in the number of maternity units having to close their doors to women in labour compared with 2014 and the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives has expressed concern about these latest figures on maternity unit closures.
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How getting an operation right first time could save the NHS millions
- 07.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A new report from the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) team was launched to show how millions of pounds could be saved by the NHS if hip and knee replacement operations were completed successfully the first time round.
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