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Administrative Court Overturns NMC Strike-Off: Key Lessons for Regulators and Prosecutors
Jessica Etherington
21 October 2014
Spending less money on “picking up the pieces” - culture change in the NHS
Jeremy Hunt’s poster campaign launched to warn hospital staff of the cost of basic errors is laudable. It is true that poor care is one of the “most wasteful and expensive” failings of hospitals.
7 August 2014
The Medical Innovation Bill
The second draft of Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 5 June 2014. It is still a Private Members Bill, and so the introduction was effectively a paper exercise, with no debate.
7 August 2014
The law on psychiatric injury for secondary victims - unfair and in need of a change
In April 1989 ninety six Liverpool fans were killed, and many hundreds more injured in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster. In the 25 years since then the friends and families of the victims have been campaigning for justice, and it is hoped that the new inquests into the deaths, which began in March of this year will, finally, shine a clear light into what went wrong.
2 July 2014
Identifying problems before a baby is born: Antenatal diagnosis of fetal anomaly
When a child is born with a serious health problem or disability, parents have the difficult task of coming to terms with the condition and learning to meet their child’s additional needs. In this situation, questions sometimes arise as to whether the pregnancy was managed appropriately and whether the problem should have been diagnosed antenatally.
5 June 2014
Whistleblowers ignored at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital leading to the death of 5 patients
An article published in the Telegraph magazine on Monday 2nd June highlights that NHS trusts continue to ignore concerns raised by staff about colleagues.
