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Victims of Fraud Series Part 3: “What can I do if the fraudster has disappeared?” - Persons Unknown Injunctions
Elliot Grosvenor-Taylor
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.
22 February 2023
An update on the Birth Injury Early Notification Scheme
The Early Notification Scheme (ENS) is run by NHS Resolution, the organisation which deals with legal claims against the NHS. It was introduced in 2017 to provide a new approach to compensating those who have suffered an injury at birth due to negligence. Traditionally, where a child is injured at birth and the family wishes to pursue a claim they would instruct a solicitor and a legal claim would be started. Such claims can take a long time to resolve issues of liability and incur very large costs.