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Auriana Griffiths
Concerns Over 34 Patients “Lost To Follow Up” At Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
To deliver safe and effective medical care, it’s fundamental that NHS Trusts ensure all their staff understand their individual...
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Catherine Slattery
Serious concerns raised following publication of interim review into the effectiveness of the CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. Every provider of healthcare and...
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Caitlin Diamond
Hospital patients at risk of serious harm and medical negligence due to IT issues at NHS Trusts in England
Ninety per cent of NHS Trusts have access to an electronic patient record system. The aim of the systems is for everything about that...
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Rebecca Tramaseur
Medical negligence lawyer urges clinicians to introduce personalised mental health assessments as study finds 41 NHS Trusts use standardised tools
Mental health is complex, individual specific and is every changing. As a medical negligence solicitor I've supported a number of...
04/12/23
Rowen Cobb
North East Ambulance Service needs to ensure transparency following NHS review into claims it covered up errors and withheld evidence following deaths
A review commissioned by NHS England has examined allegations that North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) didn’t disclosed key information...
13/07/23
Helen Royles-Jones
New framework provides welcome focus on patient safety in the NHS
It's often thought that the main reason patients who have been harmed whilst under the care of the NHS contact solicitors is to obtain...
28/02/23
Rowen Cobb
Action to improve the North East's ambulance service is vital after critical CQC report
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found a deterioration of services and rates North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust's (NEAS) urgent...
03/02/23
Samantha Williams
Maternity care debate flags concerns over rising stillbirth rates - what's being done to improve patient safety
Since the inception of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Baby Loss in 2016, an annual debate has taken place at Westminster Hall to...
01/12/22
Conor O'Carroll-Lolait
Action against Medical Accidents: Marking 40 years of providing help and support to those affected by clinical negligence
As Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) celebrates its 40th anniversary year, it's easy to lose yourself in the amazing stats that...
01/12/22
Rebecca Tramaseur
Communication is key: How a conversation can improve patient safety
Communication is key in all aspects of our daily life but no more so than in a medical setting. As a medical hegligence solicitor, I've...
04/11/22
Stuart Bell
HSIB’s local investigation pilot: Shared learning to help improve patient safety
The Health and Safety Investigation Branch has published the final evaluation report of its local investigation pilots into the value of...
28/10/22
Kimberley Nightingale
CCG raises concerns over patient safety and staff wellbeing at Selby Urgent Treatment Centre
Selby Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) is open 12 hours a day, seven days a week. The service is provided by Harrogate and District NHS...
02/08/22
Irwin Mitchell
What is aortic dissection and the need for more awareness around the life-threatening condition
By Louise Forsyth, a medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell In PMQs on 9 March, Pauline Latham, MP for Mid Derbyshire, shared that...
14/03/22
Irwin Mitchell
Doctors warn hospitals ‘not coping’ as study links A&E waits to deaths
By Sanna Mazhar, a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Senior doctors have warned that hospitals are unable to cope with...
21/01/22
Andrew Hewitt
A&E Crisis: Cancelled operations putting patient safety at risk
By Courteney Jackson, a medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Hospitals across the United Kingdom have been forced to cancel at...
07/12/21
Laura Daly
Worrying impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the deaths of people treated under the Mental Health Act
By Lauren Cooper a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell It is well recognised that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic goes...
25/11/21
Andrew Hewitt
Reflections from our webinar Working Together in Healthcare Litigation: What Matters Most
By Guy Forster, medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell On Thursday, 4 November 2021, we heard from a range of speakers across the...
10/11/21
Irwin Mitchell
Does Sarah Harding's death and a trend of younger women being diagnosed with breast cancer mean age should be taken out of the equation?
by Alisha Puri, medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK. About one in...
06/10/21
Irwin Mitchell
World Patient Safety Day 2021 – Maternity Care Matters: Learning After harm
By Guy Forster, Medical Negligence Partner at Irwin Mitchell The World Health Organisation has launched 2021’s World Patient Safety Day,...
17/09/21