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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
17 October 2019
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2019
6 October 2019 saw World Cerebral Palsy (CP) Day. The World Cerebral Palsy Initiative describes the purpose of this day as raising awareness and celebrating the achievements of those with CP, as well an opportunity to seek solutions to everyday problems and more.
13 October 2017
Cerebral Palsy Medical Negligence Cases – Can we improve the system?
The short answer to this question is that our legal system, like any other human endeavour, is not immune to change, and neither should it be. I have been a lawyer for over 30 years, and during my career I have seen many changes. Some have made things worse for the injured people that I represent, but others have made things much better, and at Kingsley Napley we are always trying to refine and develop the way in which we work.
20 June 2017
Cerebral Palsy – what do we know about the causes?
A diagnosis of cerebral palsy (CP) is usually only made after a doctor has carried out a range of specialised tests with a team of health professionals. These professionals may include neurologists, paediatricians, genetic specialists and a host of others.
8 March 2017
Cerebral palsy claims: how are they funded?
As solicitors who regularly act on behalf of children suffering from cerebral palsy, we are often asked by parents how a clinical negligence claim for their child might be funded. Understandably, this is an important issue for families who are already coping with their child’s additional needs and do not have the resources to fund a costly legal claim.
19 November 2015
Can the NHS reduce stillbirths and avoidable cerebral palsy cases?
The BBC’s Today programme headline “Health Service “ignores stillbirth”” highlights a series published by the Lancet (a UK medical journal). It gives rise to the question of why 1,200 of the 4,000 babies who are stillborn in the UK are normally formed babies of mothers who have low risk pregnancies and are born at over 37 weeks gestation (and therefore have a good chance of survival).