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5 takeaways from the 'Back to the Future' Rehabilitation Conference
- 09.03.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
Find out more about the themes and discussions that took place at our recent 'Back to the Future' Rehabilitation Conference.
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Supreme Court corrects injustice in fatal claims
- 09.03.2016
- JeremySmith
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
Any dependent relative bringing a claim for the loss of the deceased person’s income or services has for many years had to suffer an injustice in the way their losses are calculated.
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Roads need to be made safer after rise in motorcyclist deaths
- 09.03.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
Transport for London are now under pressure to make the city's roads safer after a rise in deaths of motorcyclists is recorded
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Success at our prosthetics rehabilitation conference
- 26.02.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
Conference co-hosted by the firm united amputees with leading surgeons, prosthetics manufacturers and legal experts and was a huge success.
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Pregnant women offered budgets to choose the care they receive
- 24.02.2016
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The proposal is one of a number of recommendations stemming from a report into maternity care commissioned following the foetal and maternal deaths at Barrow Infirmary.
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Research into controlling the bladder after spinal cord injury
- 22.02.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
Academics at the University of Cambridge are developing research which looks at creating 'biorobotic control' of the bladder
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Hundreds of serious medical mistakes happen every year
- 18.02.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
Over 1,000 NHS patients experienced a medical error which is deemed so serious it should never happen - a 'never event' - since 2012.
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Increase in clinical negligence claims against nurse practitioners
- 17.02.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
The number of clinical negligence claims and complaints involving nurse practitioners has increased according to the Medical Defence Union.
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Rise in deaths of newborns linked to fall in neonatal nurses
- 10.02.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
One-to-one nursing care of sick and premature newborn babies is recommended in neonatal intensive care but this study suggests this is not always implemented.
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Plans to erase white markings on centre of UK roads
- 05.02.2016
- EmmaArnold
- None
White lines are gradually being removed from roads in the UK in an attempt to slow down motorists
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