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Team PRD complete Great Manchester Run for Headway
- 28.09.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury
Team PRD are home and dry after a wonderful event at the Great Manchester 10k on Sunday!
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North West NHS Foundation Trust entered into Recovery Support Programme for second time
- 31.08.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
The hospital trust for north Lancashire and south Cumbria has been placed into special measures for a second time. Helen Dolan, Head of Clinical Negligence and Senior Partner here at Potter Rees Dolan comments...
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Team PRD to take part in Manchester Legal Walk 2021
- 23.08.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury, Opinion, Media-Coverage
Potter Rees Dolan has put together a team to take on the Manchester Legal Walk 2021 this September! We will be raising funds for the North West Legal Support Trust (the local arm of the Access to Justice Foundation) which funds vital local advice services.
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Team PRD take on Great Run Manchester for local Headway branches
- 29.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury
We are extremely proud - and excited - to announce that we have put together a team to take on the Great Run - Manchester 10k in September, raising funds for local branches of Headway.
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Hospital’s lack of attention and knowledge directly contributed to 2-year-old’s death, inquest finds
- 29.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
An inquest into the death of 2-year-old Cristiana Banciu has found that a lack of attention and knowledge by hospital staff contributed to her death, after she suffered a rare response to influenza.
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Department for Work & Pensions proposes bereavement benefits extension
- 22.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is proposing extending bereavement benefits to unmarried parents co-habiting with loved ones at the time of death.
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New initiative raising awareness of hidden disabilities launched in Cardiff
- 05.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
An initiative by Cardiff Council will see new signage put up outside accessible toilets around the city under the banner #BeTheChange, in order to raise awareness of hidden disabilities and conditions.
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Maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- 01.07.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
A joint investigation by The Independent and Channel 4 News has revealed that dozens of babies have died or been left with brain damage at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust maternity units. Our Gill Edwards, partner and clinical negligence solicitor, comments here.
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Storm Keating unlikely to regain full use of leg due to cauda equina syndrome
- 30.06.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
The wife of Boyzone’s Ronan Keating, Storm, has recently found out that she is unlikely to ever regain full use of her right leg due to damage caused by a rare severe spinal condition - cauda equina syndrome - that developed earlier this year. Our Lesley Herbertson comments here.
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Austrian hospital admit amputating wrong leg of patient
- 16.06.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
In a case of serious medical negligence, surgeons at an Austrian hospital have admitted amputating the wrong leg of a patient, blaming human error for what the hospital called a ‘tragic mistake’.
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