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Woman sent home from hospital with 'migraine' dies from meningitis
- 27.02.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A mother-of-five, who was left bedridden from tiredness and headaches, died from meningitis after being mistakenly diagnosed with a migraine and sent home from hospital.
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Stroke sufferers in the UK are getting younger so 'Act FAST'
- 01.02.2018
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
As the average age for first time stroke sufferers in the UK drops from 71 to 68 in men and 75 to 73 in women, it is important that members of the public are aware of the Act FAST campaign.
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Families wait years for compensation payouts for maternity errors
- 17.01.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
New figures show how long some families have to wait years for compensation payouts for clinical negligence claims with many families waiting years for a payout after the medical error as it takes a long time to resolve complex legal cases.
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Road safety charity calls for updates to modernise zebra crossings
- 11.01.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Zebra crossings need updating, according to a road safety charity, as around 70 people are killed on the crossings each year.
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Hospital Trust apologises after baby's skull cut during caesarean
- 05.01.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Parents of baby who died during an emergency caesarean have received an apology from the hospital Trust. Just three hours after being born, Carson Allen died following a cut to his head during his delivery.
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Amputee experiences sense of touch through bionic hand
- 05.01.2018
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
After losing her hand in an accident over 25 years ago, Almerina Mascarello recently trialed the first portable bionic hand with a sense of touch.
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Mistakes during one in every five births during the past two years
- 21.12.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Poor maternity care led to mistakes during one in five births over the past two years. Hundreds of thousands of incidents were logged by hospital staff between April 2015 and March 2017, according to the BBC investigation.
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A wonderful video showing one mum’s battle to be able to travel and go on holiday with her son by looking for solutions to enable wheelchairs to be used on aeroplanes.
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It is worth watching the Buzzfeed clip showing how eight-year-old Maeve, who has cerebral palsy, was given a voice that was her own! Speech and communication problems are very common in children and adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Since the cerebral palsy is usually caused by a trauma to the brain, the speech function is often damaged as well.
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Many people with cerebral palsy have problems with their speech and some require computer assistance when communicating. Those with severe difficulties may use a text-to-speech computer which can change their lives. One family decided to create a more authentic voice for their eight-year-old daughter Maeve by heading into the studio to do some recording.
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