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Anti-Bullying Week: Understanding the Legal and Cultural Risks
Emmanuelle Ries
23 January 2018
Medical Negligence & Personal Injury quarterly newsletter - 4th quarter 2017
The final quarter of 2017 continued to be an active one within the field of medical negligence. Consultations and Parliamentary reports continued to flow. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) produced a report on 1 December 2017 stating that the government was continuing to be complacent in relation to learning from mistakes from clinical negligence claims. There has been a quadruple increase in the cost of clinical negligence which PAC attribute to the failure to identify key re-occurring mistakes and learning from those mistakes. The committee advocated a shift from the current NHS "defensiveness" position to a learning from mistakes culture.
11 October 2017
Vaginal mesh implants: Parliament set to debate the use of controversial vaginal mesh implants
News broke this week that hundreds of women were suing the NHS and the manufacturers of vaginal mesh implants after facing serious health complications. Women have been left unable to walk, work or have sex as a result of the treatment, with many sufferers claiming they were never informed of the potential dangers before having the mesh fitted.
25 September 2017
Master McCloud gives clear guidance on service of a Claim Form
Jones -v- Chichester Harbour Conservancy [2017] EWHC 2270
21 September 2017
Hospitals should assess head injuries promptly but don’t expect to be told that
The recent case of Darnley before the Court of Appeal has shone a spotlight onto waiting times in cases of head injury and the role of the civilian A&E receptionist in the context of medical negligence claims.
13 September 2017
Welcome comment from Lord Justice Jackson
The recent case of FB v Rana is helpful in many ways: It clearly sets out that where a doctor, in a particular post, does not exercise the degree of skill for the task in hand the Health Trust is liable.