Blog
Administrative Court Overturns NMC Strike-Off: Key Lessons for Regulators and Prosecutors
Jessica Etherington
3 June 2015
Melanoma - diagnosis and treatment
This week brings the start of meteorological summer and the twin temptations of sunny skies and warmer temperatures invite us to indulge in lazy days on the beach, picnics in the park and barbeques in our gardens. However, the advent of better weather brings with it increasing UV exposure, which is the main preventable cause of skin cancer.
3 June 2015
Another death because of systemic failings in hospitals
The article in the Evening Standard yesterday about the tragic death of Guy Bessant raises familiar themes for clinical negligence lawyers.
3 June 2015
Consulting Dr Google - A Friend or Foe?
In this increasingly tech-savvy age, it has become common to “google” one’s symptoms. For many of us, consulting the virtual Dr Google has become the first port of call for medical information. A recent Australian study by the Queensland University of Technology titled ‘'Dr. Google' doesn't know best: Search engine self-diagnosis and 'cyberchondria', has shown that 5% of all monthly Google searches are now health related; this equates to approximately five billion monthly searches.
2 June 2015
Spinal injury – why the 2007 Rehabilitation Code must change
As a claimant clinical negligence solicitor I see first-hand the impact a spinal injury can have on an individual’s life. Coming to terms with such a life changing event is difficult and not made any easier by the state’s inability to provide immediate and on-going rehabilitation.
21 May 2015
Children unlawfully killed in Corfu hotel - should Thomas Cook be compensated?
Last week a Coroner’s Inquest ruled that the children of Neil Shepherd and Sharon Wood had been unlawfully killed whilst on a 2006 holiday in a Thomas Cook hotel in Corfu, and that Thomas Cook had breached its duty of care towards the family. Christi, 7 and Bobby, 6 died from carbon monoxide poisoning that leaked into their bungalow from a faulty boiler. Their father and his second wife were also hospitalised.
