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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
3 October 2018
Should Pret a Manger pay compensation to the family of the teenager who died after eating a Pret sandwich?
This week the media has been full of the tragic story of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, the teenager who died on an aeroplane after having an allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger baguette.
12 September 2018
Patient bleeds to death in hospital corridor - deteriorating standards at North Middlesex University Hospital
‘Serious incidents’ and ‘never events’ are becoming alarmingly frequent at North Middlesex University Hospital, where a Care Quality Commission review carried out in September 2016 found that the hospital ‘requires improvement’ in all areas other than surgery. Worryingly, it seems that conditions at the hospital have failed to improve since then, with a recent article revealing that the number of ‘serious incidents’ and ‘never events’ has been steadily on the increase since 2015.
4 September 2018
“Please, write to me”: Welcome Guidance from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
In this blog Kate Rohde welcomes the new Guidance from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called "Please write to me"; she discusses the importance of patient centre care and communication. The absence of which can cause medical negligence claims to arise.
3 September 2018
"Toxic bickering" at St George's Hospital leading to 150 deaths - A Management Oversight?
The Times report on Friday 31 August 2018 – “Coroner is considering fresh inquests after 150 deaths at St George’s Hospital heart unit” – makes for sad reading. It seems that an internal report has revealed “toxic” bickering between rival camps within the hospital. In this blog, Kate Rohde, Partner in the Medical Negligence team raises some key questions around the kind of environment junior doctors are having to work under and the responsibility of hospital management to maintain a more collaborative environment.
17 August 2018
Dr Bawa-Garba – the Impact on Patient Safety
On Monday the Court of Appeal reinstated Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba to the medical register after she was struck off earlier this year following her criminal conviction for gross negligence manslaughter in 2015.
It is a case which has garnered considerable interest and raised significant concerns amongst the medical profession, particularly junior doctors, who feel that Dr Bawa-Garba was unfairly made a scapegoat for systemic failings within the NHS.