Category Archives: Clinical Negligence

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. … Read more

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 … Read more

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.  … Read more

It is reported in the Times that it is the first time that there has been more than 4000 cancelled urgent operations in the year from July to June, with the highest number in June.

Investigations into a cluster of NHS baby deaths highlight the pitfalls of the ‘wait and see policy’ adopted by many hospitals during childbirth. A BBC investigation has identified at least 7 deaths during childbirth in less than 2 years at … Read more

October 2016 saw the rise of the consultation “Providing a ‘safe space’ in health care safety investigations”. The briefing on the Department of Health proposal is to extend the ‘safe space’ arrangements to all patient safety investigations.  Effectively it proposes … Read more