Medical Negligence

• NHS job vacancies becoming a national crisis

  • PostedSeptember 13, 2018

  It has been reported that the number of unfulfilled NHS jobs has once again started to climb. Roughly one in 11 posts is currently vacant. NHS bosses and government ministers...

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• Doctors told to write to their patients in plain English instead of using Latin and complicated medical jargon

  • PostedSeptember 11, 2018

  The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges released guidance telling doctors to write to their patients in plain English which is easy to understand. It is reported that too often correspondence...

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• NHS Resolution Report on Learning from Suicide-Related Claims

  • PostedSeptember 11, 2018

  The review, released this month, analyses NHS Resolution data in respect of litigation claims which have been brought following suicide attempts. Both examples of good practice and areas for improvement...

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• Former head neurosurgeon harmed dozens of patients

  • PostedSeptember 4, 2018

  It has been found that Sam Eljamel, the former head neurosurgeon at NHS Tayside and an advisor to the Scottish government, has caused considerable harm to a number of his...

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• Lack of radiologists is significantly delaying cancer care in the UK

  • PostedAugust 23, 2018

  The UK is currently experiencing a major shortage of senior radiologists which in turn is disrupting and delaying medical care, in particular cancer care. Between 2012 and 2017, the workload...

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• Requests for Caesareans turned down

  • PostedAugust 22, 2018

  A large proportion of women are being denied the right to opt for a caesarean birth, despite NICE guidance indicating they should be given the choice. Statistics have shown that...

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• Women’s lives at risk following substantial delay in smear test results

  • PostedAugust 3, 2018

  Women in the East of England have been experiencing significant delays when it comes to receiving the results of their cervical screening test, with some waiting six times the two...

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• Supreme Court reaches landmark decision on end-of-life care

  • PostedJuly 31, 2018

  The Supreme Court has ruled that families will no longer require legal permission to end care for loved-ones in a long-term, permanent vegetative stage. This means that where relatives and...

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• 600 stillbirths could be prevented a year if maternity units follow NHS guidelines

  • PostedJuly 30, 2018

  NHS England has warned that 600 babies could be saved from stillbirth each year if hospitals monitored them properly throughout pregnancy. Recent research has shown that stillbirths fell by a...

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• Number of children on antidepressants is rising

  • PostedJuly 25, 2018

  The number of children being prescribed antidepressants in the UK has risen over the last three years. In England, the number of children on antidepressants has gone up by 15%....

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• Backlogs and delays to radiology reporting said to be putting patients at risk

  • PostedJuly 24, 2018

  A time limit for reporting the results of x-rays and scans to patients has been proposed by the regulator of health care services in England, amid fears of inconsistent practice...

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• A quarter of Norfolk and Suffolk Mental Health Trust beds closed

  • PostedJuly 16, 2018

  The Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust have today announced that across the two counties, 35 out of 144 beds have been closed. These bed closures have been put in place...

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