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Victims of Fraud Series Part 1: Why Acting Fast Matters
Laurence Clarke
19 July 2018
Mediation is a win for all in clinical negligence
Richard Lodge makes a strong argument for mediation and the benefit to victim patients, NHS Trusts and GP practices and the lawyers involved on both sides.
2 May 2018
Brain damaged girl wins record £19 million award – what next?
News broke this morning that the NHS awarded a nine year old girl £19 million compensation.
7 February 2018
Medical Mistakes
In 2015 Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of 6 year old Jack Adcock, who had been a patient in Dr Bawa-Garba’s care at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011.
11 January 2018
Meningitis C Vaccine – Should the Government change the vaccination age?
Meningitis is a life-threating infection. It strikes very quickly and unless it is treated promptly there can be devastating consequences including death, severe brain damage, loss of hearing and vision, and when septicaemia (blood poisoning) also occurs, which is often the case, this can lead to amputation of limbs.
21 December 2017
Mistake in every 5 births
The publicity surrounding the alarming statistic that in one in every 5 births there are lapses that lead to mistakes is scary. Jeremy Hunt’s desire to make it his “top priority” to tackle these incidents is a step in the right direction because any mistake in maternity care can have devastating consequences.