GPonline has reported that the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which has already taken control of 10 GP practices through its ‘vertical integration’ programme, has commenced working towards taking over…
A recent article in the Law Gazette highlights the increasing frustrations of GPs now faced with complying with the GDPR, which allows solicitors to request patient records free of charge.…
By Trevor Ward, senior solicitor in our medical negligence serious injury team Researchers believe that babies admitted to a neonatal unit after birth could benefit from a new tool that…
September 13th is World Sepsis Day – a disease that affects around 30 million people worldwide. To mark the day and raise awareness, Fletchers Solicitor, Jennifer Argent, has…
At Fletchers Solicitors we put people at the heart of everything we do and believe it is important to support a range of charities. To mark International Day of Charity…
The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which is responsible for regulating health devices and medicines in the US has issued a statement expressing concerns over the unregulated use of “vaginal rejuvenation” devices.
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…
Today the Health Secretary, Mr Jeremy Hunt, has spoken out on BBC Radio 4 in relation to the hundreds of deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.
Judgement in the group action against Depuy International Ltd in respect of their Metal-on-metal hip prosthesis, Pinnacle Ultamet® was handed down yesterday in the high court.
The UK’s leading medical negligence and serious injury law firm, Fletchers Solicitors, has been instructed to handle a number of claims against Britain’s most influential pelvic surgeon, Anthony Dixon, after it’s claimed that he left hundreds of women with life changing complications.
Women who believe they were left with life changing complications following surgery performed by the UK’s most influential pelvic surgeon, Anthony Dixon, have until 1 August to take advantage of an NHS protocol that has been adopted to coordinate the claims process.
NHS Digital published it’s review into the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence on 17 April 2018.
This week the government announced a 25% boost in places on midwifery courses, in a battle to meet staffing demands.
East of England Ambulance Service Trust is commissioning an independent review of its operational management during the winter following allegations of avoidable patient harm and deaths.
Recent research suggests disparities in treatment across English could be resulting in hundreds of lung cancer patients dying early each year.
