22 Mar 2019
Obstetric claims represent 10% of clinical negligence claims by number and account for 48% of new claims reported. Birth injuries have significant human and legal cost. The consequence of such can result in permanent, catastrophic injury. Lawyers are often blamed for spiralling costs, but…
Clinical Negligence
28 Nov 2018
Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is a rare and potentially life changing condition where It is a severe narrowing of the spinal canal usually caused by a prolapsed invertebral disc. It happens when the nerve in the "cauda equina" suddenly become severely compressed. This can lead to numbness and…
Clinical Negligence
13 Oct 2018
Over the last 10 years there has been a huge change in cosmetic dentistry with a move away from the use of crowns or veneers, towards techniques to orthodontically align and whiten the front teeth. There has been a large increase in the number of adults seeking orthodontic treatment for cosmetic…
Clinical Negligence
02 Aug 2018
Not all babies who are small for gestational age have foetal growth restriction (FGR), but the likelihood of it is greater in babies which are small for gestational age (SGA). When is a baby SGA? The baby is classed as SGA when it does not reach the 10 th centile on the growth chart. It is…
Clinical Negligence
09 Apr 2018
Such cases are different to wrongful conception cases as here the Claimant did not seek to avoid conception itself but instead the negligence has caused them to lose the opportunity to terminate a pregnancy ( for example through negligent pre-natal screening). The case of Meadows v Khan (2017) means…
Clinical Negligence
07 Mar 2018
In 2018 the Government published the Revised Never Events Policy and framework. A never event, should as the words suggest, not happen. It is a serious and entirely preventable event because at National level there are safety recommendations and guidance providing a strong protective barrier which…
Clinical Negligence
21 Dec 2017
The BBC has today reported these figures. They would appear to point to an alarming number of incidences. It is important however to distinguish the nature of the incidents and near misses and look at the reason for the rise. NHS Improvement confirm that of the number of mistakes, 63,380 resulted…
Clinical Negligence
01 Dec 2017
Jeremy Hunt has announced a welcome change for families suffering with a full term still birth or life changing injuries to babies who will be offered an independent investigation by a Coroner. Currently they only look into the death of babies who show signs of life after being born. This is a move…
Clinical Negligence
10 Nov 2017
All girls can get the HPV vaccine free from the NHS from the age of 12 until their 18 th birthday. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under the age of 35 in the UK and it helps protect against it. Gardasil is the vaccine used by the NHS to protect against 4 types of HPV which cause…
Clinical Negligence
22 Aug 2017
The review made by the midwifery standard body will seek to replace the word 'normal birth' with 'physiological birth'. The connotations of 'normal birth' have long been associated with birth without medical interventions such as caesareans, epidurals and instrumental delivery. Delivery by these…
Clinical Negligence
