A mother of two suffered with avoidable and prolonged abdominal pain after products were retained following a Caesarean section. The 26 year old was admitted to Epsom General Hospital in…
A 77 year old woman has been compensated by four GP Defendants following a repeat prescription course of Nurofen Meltlets 200mg, without considering her history of peptic ulcer disease which…
Despite a relatively mild winter and a record low of flu diagnosis, medical experts believe the coming months could present the National Health Service with the worst winter on record.…
Written by Natasha Perkins, Solicitor at Fletchers. It has been reported in the news over the last couple of months, more recently over the last fortnight, that there…
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust maternity unit deaths under further scrutiny The maternity units run by Shrewbsury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust have come under increased scrutiny as dozens…
The Supreme Court have now clarified the law governing the withdrawal of treatment from patients in permanent vegetative state.
An independent review had lead to the decision for the use of vaginal mesh implants to the pause.
Southmead Hospital in Bristol has widened its review into patients who have previously undergone controversial bowel prolapse surgeries known as mesh rectopexy amid concerns that poor outcomes are not confined solely to procedures performed by surgeon Antony Dixon.
Breath test could save lives by detecting cancers of the stomach and oesophagus earlier A study carried out by researchers from Imperial College London and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden…
It’s estimated over 160,000 people die of cancer each year in the UK and someone is diagnosed every two minutes. Cancer
This week, a dishonest medical negligence claimant who dramatically inflated the extent of his injuries has been jailed for three months.
The government has today published it’s rapid review into the offence of gross negligence manslaughter and it’s applicability to healthcare professionals.
Essex GP practice taken over by Virgin Care is placed in Special Measures after going from outstanding to inadequate in under 2 years.
Medical negligence lawyers have long been familiar with the concept of ‘never events’, namely incidents that simply should not occur but for the care delivered falling below the standard of a responsible medical practitioner.
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) have recently combined to prepare and update to the clinical knowledge summary (CKS) for recognising cauda equina syndrome.
