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Minimum distance for overtaking cyclists campaign launched
- 24.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
A petition has been set up by cyclist campaigners urging for a legal distance for motorists to overtake cyclists.
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Report shows NHS failing to learn lessons from complaints
- 24.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
The number of complaints made about the NHS to the health Ombudsman are still high, a report has revealed and the PHSO also found a consistent failure by the NHS to learn from their mistakes.
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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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Debate as to whether bicycle insurance should be compulsory
- 20.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
Should cyclist insurance be made compulsory or is it a waste of time? What are the pros and cons? Here’s what we think
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Increase in number of operations cancelled at the last minute
- 18.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
The number of patients who had an operation cancelled at the last minute this year was the highest on record in 10 years and thousands of patients were not treated within 28 days of the cancellation.
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New tests for pregnant women to rule out medical condition
- 18.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
Blood tests to rule out pre-eclampsia in pregnant women have been recommended by NICE.
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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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What is the future of the prosthetics industry?
- 17.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury, Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
We investigate just a few of the amazing innovations and the technological progress taking place in the prosthetics industry that are going to - or are already - helping amputees reach new levels of comfort, control and mobility.
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“No matter what happens you have to keep going”: how one 21-year-old is focused on overcoming any obstacle in his way following his amputation
- 16.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
We spoke to our client Matthew Riley, 21, who unfortunately had his right leg amputated following a motorbike accident, to find out more about his life before and after the accident.
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A Different Brain: BBC Documentary on Brain Injury
- 16.05.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
This eye-opening and though-provoking documentary gave us an insight into the lives of four people with a brain injury.
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