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Legal Article
23 May 2022
The Times Newspaper reports that "Between April 2021 and March 2022 more than 400 patients in England's hospitals suffered errors so serious that they should never have happened. They include the wrong hips, legs, eyes and knees being operated on, and diabetic patients being given too much…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
11 May 2022
It is currently legal for anyone to buy an e-scooter, although it is illegal to use it on a public road. Only e-scooters rented through an approved Government trial scheme are legal to use on the road. At present, they must not exceed 15.5mph and a weight of 55kg, and must include a number of other…
Personal Injury
Legal Article
09 May 2022
The importance of monitoring and treating the eye for the presence and progression of glaucoma has been highlighted in a BBC article . In this case an 80-year-old woman lost her sight in one eye after regular hospital eye clinics were cancelled due to the pandemic. In 2019 she reports being…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
09 May 2022
Each time we consider a new 'suicide case' we know what failings to look for and the far reaching impact on the family left behind. We see the same mistakes by the NHS and their private partners. Whilst researching another unnecessary death I came across a Sunday Times article highlighting…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
09 May 2022
On 21 February 2021, the UK government announced that it intended to remove the effects of the decision made in the case of Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Trigalev (C-162/13), ("Vnuk") from UK law. The Vnuk case involved Mr Vnuk who was a farmworker, was knocked off a ladder in a farmyard by a…
Personal Injury
Legal Article
28 Apr 2022
Surrogacy is the process by which a child is carried through pregnancy by a woman who has entered into an agreement (before she started to carry the child) with the intention that, at birth, the child and parental responsibility for it will be transferred to the intended parents and that those persons…
Family/Divorce
Legal Article
25 Apr 2022
The Times report this week about the hidden risks of burns on the operating table. 'Hidden' risk of patients burnt on operating table | News | The Times The normal risks of anaesthesia and surgery are not the only ones that patients face in operating theatres. The possibility of fire…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
12 Apr 2022
The Times newspaper has reported today on the sad case of Matthew Caseby . The 23 year old escaped by jumping over a fence at the Priory Hospital in Woodbourne, and was killed by a train during a psychotic episode. Matthew's care has come under scrutiny, because it was known that vulnerable…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
11 Apr 2022
Times newspaper reports that "Babies' lives are at risk because maternity units are still unsafe" https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/almost-half-of-nhs-maternity-services-in-england-are-unsafe-lf7q7jlbm?shareToken=4b0b88dfae12089971ee8efb94febf24 The headlines continue about…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
11 Apr 2022
What is Brachial Plexus? Obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI), also known as birth brachial plexus injury (BBPI), is an injury more commonly seen in new-born children. It is an injury to the brachial plexus nerves. An injury occurs when the nerves are stretched, compressed, torn/pulled/…
Clinical Negligence
