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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
28 March 2023
NHS Trust fined £800,000 for maternity care failings
In a rare criminal prosecution by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last month Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) was ordered to pay a record breaking fine after admitting failings in the care of a baby who died minutes after birth.
Wynter Sophia Andrews died on 15 September 2019, 23 minutes after she was born by emergency caesarean at the Queen’s Medical Centre. She suffered a loss of oxygen to the brain following an infection and umbilical cord compression during labour. The inquest into her death concluded there was a “clear and obvious case of neglect” and “gross failings” led to her avoidable death. If she had been delivered earlier, its likely her death would have been prevented.
22 March 2023
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month is an initiative started in 2006 to strive for changes in education, healthcare and society more generally so that those living with this condition have better opportunities.
15 March 2023
Patient Safety Awareness Week
Despite ongoing improvements in patient safety, medical harm remains a leading cause of death worldwide, according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). As a result, the institute is redoubling its efforts to highlight the problem during its annual event – Patient Safety Awareness Week – running from 12 – 18 March 2023.
7 March 2023
NHS in Crisis – Delays in emergency treatment - Where does this leave patient safety?
As clinical negligence specialists, we help those who have sadly been injured as a result of problems with the standard of medical treatment that they have received. It is with concern that we observe the difficulties that are continuing to unfold within our National Health Service this winter.
1 March 2023
Failure to pay out medical damages
The tragic case of Clive Worthington, who took his own life following difficulties with dental insurance, highlights the little-known problem of potential risks involved with indemnities provided by medical defence organisations.
