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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
20 February 2012
Medical Negligence: hospital patients 16% more likely to die at the weekend
A recent study in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine reveals that patients admitted to hospital on Sundays are 16% more likely to die than patients admitted mid-week. Similarly, the ‘Dr Foster’ research, released in November, demonstrated a 10% increase in death rates for patients admitted at the weekend. Both studies confirm what we, as clinical negligence solicitors, have observed anecdotally for many years: that a disproportionate number of medical negligence claims arise from hospital treatment provided at weekends and on public holidays.
3 August 2011
Supreme Court decision on local authority care provisions brings assessment of care needs in PI cases into focus
Bridget Hughes comments on the recent Supreme Court decision about local authority care provision.