Legal Article
18 Jan 2021
During cervical cancer awareness week, it seems appropriate to highlight the benefits of this screening. The NHS estimate that if everyone attended screenings regularly 83% of cervial cancer cases could be prevented. Cervical screening currently prevents 70% of cervical cancer deaths. It is offered…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
14 Jan 2021
A lot of people are now spending a lot of time at home and many people who live alone can find this very distressing, especially for those individuals without a support bubble. It is important now more than ever to look out for signs of mental health problems, identify symptoms and to be there for…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
11 Jan 2021
The Chair Donna Ockenden has been tasked with leading the inquiry into more than 800 allegations of poor care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Trust dating back 40 years to the 1970s. The team of experts led by Donna Ockenden will review "multiple maternal deaths, many avoidable baby deaths and many…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
16 Dec 2020
The idea of compensation is to put the injured person back in the position they would have been in, before their injury. The purpose of an award for non-commercial care is 'to enable the voluntary carer to receive proper recompense for his or her services. (Hunt v Fevers 2004 AC). When…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
08 Dec 2020
The NHS have been through a difficult time over the last few months. Back in March we were standing on our doorsteps supporting them, clapping our hands and banging our pans. Our day-to-day lives have continued to be restricted and we are facing a difficult winter where the NHS will be stretched even…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
06 Nov 2020
Bowel Cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and the second biggest cancer killer. On the 28th of August 2020, Chadwick Boseman Star of 'Blank Panther', died aged 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, a stark reminder that colon cancer is not just an older persons disease and…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
03 Nov 2020
As we enter into a countrywide lockdown for the 2nd time, the NHS is likely to face significant strain once again. In March and April, as the number of COVID19 cases and deaths were increasing, the number of patients seen face to face in primary care fell sharply. GP's were facing a difficult…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
23 Oct 2020
The placenta develops alongside the fetus in pregnancy supplying the fetus with oxygen and nutrients and removing waste. It is responsible for hormone production to support the pregnancy and provides protection against internal infection and transfer of protective antibodies to the baby. It joins the…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
20 Oct 2020
" Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler " Albert Einstein (1879-1955). The principle is that guidelines are just that. Sir Michael Rawlins, the former Chairman of NICE commented that " no guidance can cover 100%, because people vary. It is up to the doctor…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
01 Oct 2020
After a long and arduous journey that started in 2017, The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (Remedial) Order 2020 is finally set to come into force on the 6th October 2020, providing an amendment to extend the scope of people entitled to statutory bereavement awards, to cohabitees. The amendment to the law…
Clinical Negligence
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