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Administrative Court Overturns NMC Strike-Off: Key Lessons for Regulators and Prosecutors
Jessica Etherington
23 May 2016
Learning from patient deaths and safety incidents
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recently issued a warning notice to Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust requiring further improvements to its services, in order to protect patients at risk of harm and improve opportunities to learn from safety incidents.
28 April 2016
Case Update: Brain injured man awarded full damages from Trust whose delay in his emergency treatment materially contributed to his pre-existing injury
Dr Sido John v Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 407 (QB)
25 April 2016
Child’s birth injury judgement highlights poor standards of medical record keeping
The recent decision of Mrs Justice McGowan in the case of FE (represented by his Litigation Friend PE) v. St Georges University Hospitals NHS Trust demonstrates the dangers run by Defendants in defending claims where the medical records and recording of notes is extremely poor.
19 April 2016
Yet another tax on justice
The 21st March 2016 saw the latest annual increase in Court fees. Last year, on 9th March 2015 court users were subjected to significant increases in issue fees (the fee payable at the point of issuing a Claim Form at Court and starting the litigation process). The fee for a claim estimated to be valued at more than £200,000 increased from £1,515 to £10,000. Despite objections raised at the time the Ministry of Justice proceeded with the increases leaving claimants, and their lawyers, to fund extortionate fees but receiving no greater access to, or service from, the court system in return.
12 April 2016
Report on ‘overstretched’ NHS Ophthalmic services gives cause for concern
The President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Professor Carrie MacEwen, has warned the BBC that NHS ophthalmic services are struggling to keep up with an increasing demand caused by more eye diseases in an ageing population requiring long term care.