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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
10 July 2015
Birth injury series - Cerebral palsy and brain damage
Families affected by a birth injury are often reluctant to pursue a claim against the NHS or private hospital involved with their child’s birth. They may be distraught and finding it difficult to come to terms with the devastating news that their child has a catastrophic brain injury.
The focus of this blog is cerebral palsy and brain damage and is the fifth in our series of six birth injury blogs.
This blog first appeared in At Home Magazine.
3 July 2015
Birth injury series - assisted or instrumental delivery
Some birth injuries can be anticipated and with prompt and appropriate action serious injuries can sometimes be avoided. If a birth injury is sustained through lack of appropriate care it may be possible to make a clinical negligence claim for compensation.
This blog focuses on assisted births and births involving intstrumental delivery, and it is the fourth in our series of six birth injury blogs.
This article first appeared in At Home Magazine.
30 June 2015
Poor post-operative care in private clinic providing NHS treatment raises questions about the NHS Choose and Book System
Following the tragic death of Mr James Hartley, a 79 year old grandfather at the Yorkshire clinic, as reported in the Daily Mail questions are raised about the level of care provided to patients after surgery and whether care provided at private hospitals and clinics, whilst under the umbrella of the NHS, offers patients the best level of care.
24 June 2015
Birth injury series - jaundice and kernicterus
Some birth injuries can be anticipated and with prompt and appropriate action serious injuries can sometimes be avoided. If a birth injury is sustained through lack of appropriate care it may be possible to make a clinical negligence claim for compensation.
The focus of this blog is Jaundice and Kernicterus and it is the third in our series of six birth injury blogs.
17 June 2015
Birth injuries series - Fetal distress
Some birth injuries can be anticipated and with prompt and appropriate action serious injuries can sometimes be avoided. If a birth injury is sustained through lack of appropriate care it may be possible to make a clinical negligence claim for compensation.
The focus of this blog is fetal distress and it is the second in our series of six birth injury blogs.
This article first appeared in At Home Magazine.