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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
13 February 2018
FAQs: Compensation for victims of crime
For many of those affected by crime, reporting the offence to the police or even securing the conviction of the perpetrator can fall short of remedying the damage sustained. It may be that the injury and trauma are so severe that additional funding is required for medical care, household adjustments, or even future therapy.
7 February 2018
Medical Mistakes
In 2015 Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of 6 year old Jack Adcock, who had been a patient in Dr Bawa-Garba’s care at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011.
5 February 2018
It takes courage to get back on the road
On 16 April 2017, Billy Monger, a promising 17 year old racing car driver, hit the back of a stationary car whilst competing in the Formula 4 Championship at Donington Park. He sustained severe leg injuries requiring both of his lower legs to be amputated. Despite these devastating injuries, Billy was clear from the early days of the aftermath of his injuries that he not only wanted to get back behind the wheel of a car but that he wanted to race again.
2 February 2018
"Not all lawyers are ambulance chasers"
It was good to hear Niall Dickson, the Chief Executive of NHS Confederation, on this morning's BBC Radio Four Today programme acknowledge that "not all lawyers are ambulance chasers". He was considering the rise in the cost to the NHS of medical negligence claims.
11 January 2018
Meningitis C Vaccine – Should the Government change the vaccination age?
Meningitis is a life-threating infection. It strikes very quickly and unless it is treated promptly there can be devastating consequences including death, severe brain damage, loss of hearing and vision, and when septicaemia (blood poisoning) also occurs, which is often the case, this can lead to amputation of limbs.