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FRC Launches Consultation on New Routes to Resolution Under the Audit Enforcement Procedure
Julie Matheson
8 July 2025
James Bell published in the APIL PI Focus Magazine
Kingsley Napley’s head of Medical Negligence and Personal Injury has had an article published in this month’s APIL PI Focus magazine which includes a collection of articles examining the topic of birth injury. James’ piece deals with causation and the doctrine of material contribution in legal claims for hypoxic brain injuries during birth.
2 July 2025
When metal hip replacements go wrong
Hip replacement surgery is very common, restoring mobility and quality of life to thousands every year in the UK. It is recognised to be the most cost effective for the NHS in returning patients to productive lives. The components wearing surfaces may be metal, ceramic or plastic, and will often last over 20 to 25 years, or even longer for some people.
25 June 2025
Is this the turning point for maternity care?
Concerns over NHS maternity care are very sadly seldom out of the news. As a lawyer who has specialised in birth injury claims over many years, it has been all too clear to me for a long time, that far too many women and babies, fail to receive anywhere close to adequate maternity care leading in some instances to devastating outcomes.
28 May 2025
Why Fatigue of NHS Staff Matters and the Risk it Poses to Patient Safety
Fatigue within the NHS presents a significant risk to patient safety, yet in healthcare its consequences remain largely unrecognised despite the increasing demands on NHS workforces.
21 May 2025
Litigation Friends
While we mostly associate dementia with the affect it can have on our memory, it can also affect our ability to think and communicate and our capacity to manage our own affairs. When undertaking legal proceedings, as solicitors, we have a duty to ensure that our clients have the mental capacity to give proper instructions to bring, or defend, a claim. Where our client does not have the necessary capacity, a Litigation Friend may be appointed
