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472 serious healthcare incidents reported in England between 2019 - 2020
- 11.06.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
A recent Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch report into serious healthcare incidents in the NHS found that 472 incidents were reported in England between 2019 and 2020, including one in which a woman was given an invasive gynaecological procedure instead of fertility treatment after she was wrongly identified as another patient.
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Featured Charity: ACSIL - Amputees and Carers Support in Liverpool
- 24.05.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
This month, as part of our ongoing Featured Charity blog, we are shining a spotlight on ACSIL - Amputees and Carers Support in Liverpool, a charity set up to help and support amputees across Liverpool and Merseyside.
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Action for Brain Injury Week 2021
- 17.05.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury
Today marks the start of Headway's Action for Brain Injury Week 2021. This year's campaign theme is "A life of lockdown?" which will focus on social isolation after brain injury - an issue that has been intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NHS England to invest £95 million to improve maternity care
- 31.03.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
The NHS is to invest almost £100 million to improve maternity care in England following the findings of the Ockenden report into maternity failings at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH). Our Lesley Herbertson comments here.
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Lake District Calvert Trust saved by appeal
- 02.03.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Personal-injury
Cumbria based outdoor activity centre Lake District Calvert Trust, which was at risk of closure, will now be able to reopen in part thanks to the fundraising efforts of a boy who lives with a severe brain injury.
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BBC investigation reveals 'shocking' blue badge scheme disparities
- 29.01.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury
A BBC investigation has found that people with non-visible disabilities - such as autism or Parkinson's disease - face a "shocking disparity" when applying for a blue badge parking permit compared to their counterparts with physical impairments. Our Ruth Wright comments here.
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Baby Lifeline Gives Evidence to Parliamentary Inquiry into Maternity Safety
- 22.01.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
Earlier this week, mother and baby charity Baby Lifeline gave evidence for the inquiry hearing into maternity safety in England.
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Shropshire baby death scandal: Senior NHS maternity & neonatal staff to receive ‘leadership training’
- 12.01.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence
Hundreds of Senior NHS maternity and neonatal staff across the country will be given ‘leadership training’ in order to address the findings of the inquiry into failings at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
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Covid Update: January 2021
- 11.01.2021
- JessicaMG
- Clinical-negligence, Court-of-Protection, Personal-injury
See here for the latest Covid update from the firm.
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