by Clear Law | Jan 6, 2015 | News
Figures released by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have revealed there were almost 16,000 cases of faulty medical equipment linked to 309 fatalities and 5,000 serious injuries reported to it in 2013. The report also highlighted a rise...
by Clear Law | Jan 5, 2015 | News
The Royal College of GPs has launched a new training programme to help its 50,000 members identify autism among children. Autism is thought to affect around one in 100 people across the UK, many of them children, and it is a condition that often goes undiagnosed due...
by Clear Law | Dec 30, 2014 | News
Two in three sufferers of gout aren’t receiving the treatment they need, say researchers at Nottingham University. The study found that GPs are only issuing prescriptions to a third of patients, when nearly half of those suffering with the condition actually qualify...
by Clear Law | Dec 17, 2014 | News
Claims against the NHS have risen alarmingly since the coalition government came to power according to the latest figures published by the NHS Litigation Authority. Litigation levels are at their highest claims the report with cases almost doubling since 2010, when...
by Clear Law | Dec 15, 2014 | News
A heart-rending case has seen a girl whose premature birth was delayed by half an hour go uncompensated after a judge ruled that the hold-up did not cause her lifelong disabilities. The girl was delivered ten weeks prematurely, weighing less than three pounds. She was...
