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Death of man thought to be due to work-related stress
- 27.02.2019
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A doctor has died after struggling with his workload almost two years after he was involved in a cycling accident. Richard Edwards from our Personal Injury team has experience of handling stress at work cases, he comments in our blog here...
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Father of boy who died when cycling urges for parents to keep children safe on the roads
- 08.02.2019
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
The father of a young teenager who died after a crash while riding his bike pleads for other parents to keep their children safe on the roads.
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Cyclist Cam: 'Mug of the Month' nominees
- 07.02.2019
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Opinion
Each month we will upload a selection of videos asking you to vote for who you think is the 'Mug of the Month' - so head over to our Twitter page to cast your vote...
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Documentary shows what life is like on brain injury hospital ward
- 22.01.2019
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A new series of the award-winning BBC programme Hospital launched which showcases the day-to-day life of six hospitals across Liverpool. The latest episode focused on the Walton Centre which is the UK's only dedicated spine, brain and pain management centre.
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A woman used twitter to complain how a stranger took control of her wheelchair without warning causing other wheelchair users to share their stories. Hannah Bottomley, solicitor in the clinical negligence team at Potter Rees Dolan,comments in our latest blog.
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Rugby player retires after feeling 'scary' effects of concussion
- 14.01.2019
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A retired professional rugby player still feels the effects of concussion over a year since he last played the sport. Our Sami Palmer-Latif comments in this latest blog...
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Our Featured Charity: Disability Snowsport UK
- 07.12.2018
- EmmaArnold
- None
Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK) is an inspirational organisation dedicated to helping people with physical and mental disabilities to take part in winter sports like skiing and snowboarding.
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Reducing stillbirths and cerebral palsy: the latest
- 14.11.2018
- GillEdwards
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
The Royal College of Obstetricians' "Each Baby Counts" initiative has just produced its latest update report dated November 2018 looking at babies born in 2016. Their aim is to halve the number of babies who die or are left severely disabled by 2020 by reviewing incidents and then advising on how to improve standards.
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Maternity training to reduce number of mother and baby birth injuries
- 07.11.2018
- GillEdwards
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Baby Lifeline has been fighting for years to obtain government support to enable staff from maternity units to access training to improve standards. Their excellent new report Mind the Gap identifies the gaps in training and the areas they highlight come as no surprise to me given the repeated errors we see in clinical negligence cases.
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New blood test can diagnose sepsis much faster than before
- 24.10.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
The new sepsis test, known as the BacCapSeq platform, screens for 307 known disease-causing bacteria as well as antibiotic resistance.
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