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Key takeaways from the Home Secretary’s Statement on Asylum Reforms: 30-months permission to stay for new claims and transitional arrangements for pending cases
Oliver Oldman
20 March 2017
Returning to Work After a Spinal Cord Injury
In the UK alone, over 40,000 individuals live with a serious spinal cord injury.
The majority of spinal cord injuries are still caused by traumatic events, such as road traffic accidents or falls. Sports injuries and violence are also common causes of spinal cord injuries. A (so-called) non-traumatic injury can occur because of arthritis, inflammation, infections or disc degeneration of the spine that can cause compression and therefore damage to the spinal cord. The incidence of non-traumatic injuries is increasing, partly due to better reporting but also due to the impact of an increasingly aging population.
14 March 2017
“Realising Realistic Medicine” The Reports of Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer are welcome news for doctors and patients
I read with interest the second Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, Dr Catherine Calderwood, which was published at the end of February. The report is Dr Calderwood’s second since she took up the post in March 2015, her first report having caused something of a stir, not just in Scotland, but in England and Wales too.
8 March 2017
Cerebral palsy claims: how are they funded?
As solicitors who regularly act on behalf of children suffering from cerebral palsy, we are often asked by parents how a clinical negligence claim for their child might be funded. Understandably, this is an important issue for families who are already coping with their child’s additional needs and do not have the resources to fund a costly legal claim.
7 March 2017
The importance of exhibitions like Naidex
I am pleased that Kingsley Napley will be attending Naidex again this year. As someone who attended the exhibition last year and took the time to walk around the exhibition hall, I left with a sense of admiration for the pace of technological and medical advances for those who have a disability.
6 March 2017
NHS Standing on a Burning Platform
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that safety is still inadequate in 4 out of every 5 acute NHS Trusts. The report, which looks at the state of care in NHS Hospitals between 2014 – 2016 raises a number of concerns.
