Medical negligence
14 Jun 2021
Men’s Health Week 14 – 20 June 2021
When is the last time we talked about the common issues affecting men? Sometimes they may feel they are not heard or that we do not care. Men’s Health Week campaign this year is focusing on men’s mental health in the wake of the pandemic. Even before the pandemic, men’s mental health and the greater […]
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14 Jun 2021
Brain Injury in Clinical Negligence Cases
Brain injury claims caused by clinical negligence can be successful but these cases have many facets and can be complex to untangle and prove. Dealing with the right expert can make all the difference but also having an expert clinical negligence legal team to deal with your case is just as important. For a victim […]
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11 Jun 2021
5 Million Plus Waiting for NHS Treatment
News that NHS waiting lists are now over 5 million in England will cause many heartache and worry, and this includes patients, the families and the medical professionals who want to treat their patients but cannot. The NHS waiting list numbers are data but it does give us a chance to reflect on the impact […]
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8 Jun 2021
We Support Carers Awareness Week 8th – 14th June 2021
This is great opportunity to recognise those with caring responsibilities so that we can collectively ensure they can access support when required. It is also a chance to show we care for them and help empower them because often they are too busy juggling their caring role and either they do not have the time […]
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7 Jun 2021
New Best Practice Guide For NHS Hospitals
A new guide was issued to help NHS hospital trusts improve patient safety by learning lessons from previous clinical negligence claims. Behind this is the cost to the NHS from claims and the collaboration between GIRFT (the Getting it right first time) programme and NHS Resolution resulting in this best practice, Learning from litigation claims. […]
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19 May 2021
Covid-19 Vaccinations- Should it be compulsory?
I had the pleasure of listening to a talk given by Prof. Helen Bedford and others, in a talk organised by 7 Bedford Row Chambers on the subject of vaccinations and Covid-19 immunisation. On the subject of take up there could be many reasons as to why some people may not feel comfortable having a […]
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12 May 2021
Stroke Awareness Month May 2021
As we approach the month of May while we have all been walking through the pandemic this is an opportunity to talk about stroke awareness. The facts A stroke happens every 5 minutes in the UK and each year there are about 100,000 people who have a stroke with 1.2 million stroke survivors – https://www.stroke.org.uk/ Against […]
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26 Apr 2021
4.7 million waiting for NHS Treatment
It has been in the news about the latest figures of how many people have been waiting for more than a year for treatment on the NHS. This is about 4.7 million. A terrible consequence of the pandemic as well as previous years of underfunding. This is the largest number since records began in 2007. […]
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20 Apr 2021
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week 20-26 April 2021
This month we mark MS Awareness week. According to the MS Society more than 130,000 people in the UK are living with this condition and about 7,000 people are diagnosed with MS each year. There is no cure as yet for this condition but it can be managed if diagnosed and those with MS can […]
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