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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
29 November 2018
MDU’s 6-point plan to reform the clinical negligence system: a claimant lawyer’s response
Last week the Medical Defence Union (MDU) unveiled a 6-point reform plan to save the NHS from spiralling medical negligence claims. This trend has nothing to do with deteriorating clinical standards and everything to do with recent legal market developments the MDU believes.
20 November 2018
NHS Guidance on the EpiPen Shortage – Questions from a lawyer and a parent
My son is age 4 and is allergic to peanuts. He has an EpiPen. The EpiPen is a medical device which is used to inject a dose of epinephrine to treat him in case he goes into anaphylactic shock. I keep an EpiPen at home and one is in his bag. I never have more than two at a time even though, as a parent, I’d like to have one in the car, in my handbag, in his sports bag.... This would be for all those ‘just in case’ thoughts that creep into your mind, especially when reading the tragic story about Natasha Edelman-Laperouse who sadly passed away after suffering an allergic reaction on a flight, and even though her father had administered two EpiPens.
19 November 2018
Latest drug controversy to hit British Cycling
Former Team Sky doctor to face GMC tribunal following delivery of testosterone patches. Dr Richard Freeman, former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor, is facing an investigation by the General Medical Council, (‘GMC’) in connection with testosterone patches that were delivered to British Cycling headquarters in 2011.
14 November 2018
Heart-breaking robotic surgery: Patient dies as a result of robotic assisted heart surgery
Evidence revealed at the inquest raises important questions about negligence, training policies, and about the use of technology in healthcare in general.
31 October 2018
Sexual Abuse Compensation: Civil Claims for Criminal Allegations
The #Metoo movement, which started just over a year ago, has brought to the surface the prevalence of sexual abuse. Led by the entrainment industry, and fuelled by social media, the movement has empowered individuals around the world to speak out against sexual assault and harassment.
