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Administrative Court Overturns NMC Strike-Off: Key Lessons for Regulators and Prosecutors
Jessica Etherington
2 June 2014
2014 Vision UK Conference – let’s not lose sight of the problem
Members of Kingsley Napley will be volunteering at the 2014 Vision UK Conference (the leading eye health and sight loss sector conference) on 12 June 2014 to show their support towards some of the treatment initiatives being implemented to improve overall patient referral waiting time such as the Adult UK Sight Loss Pathway.
We are committed to the campaign for the prevention of avoidable sight loss in the UK, and to assist patients who have suffered preventable sight loss (together with their families) by using awards of compensation - in cases where treatment providers have been found to be negligent - to fund the best possible rehabilitation packages (including the use of assistive technologies where recommended).
14 May 2014
"If doctors fear being sued, taking away that fear might help patients" Response to Guardian article
Richard P Grant's article in the Guardian yesterday suggests that Lord Saatchi's medical innovation bill will make it easier for patients to obtain experimental treatment.
13 May 2014
Labour wards not for “straightforward births’ says NICE
This BBC headline today comments on draft advice issued by NICE – the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence which suggests that healthy women experiencing a “straightforward” or “low risk” pregnancy should be encouraged to give birth in a midwife-led unit rather than a traditional labour ward.
27 March 2014
Streamlining the complaints process
Healthwatch England has found that the complaints process for the NHS in England is “hopelessly complicated” and needs a complete overhaul.
18 March 2014
How to avoid cosmetic surgery cowboys
The Government has recently announced its reforms for the cosmetic surgery industry to enhance patient safety. Whilst some of the proposed measures are welcome and overdue, there have been criticisms that the changes do not go far enough. The fact is that the new landscape will not clean-up the vagaries of the industry overnight.