by Clear Law | Feb 20, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Waiting times for A&E patients in England have slightly improved during February, figures show, giving a sense of “cautious optimism” amongst bosses, the BBC reports. Following reports at the beginning of the year that waiting times in A&E were worsening under...
by Clear Law | Feb 13, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered for an annual review of “avoidance deaths” to be conducted in English hospitals. An annual study of 2,000 patient notes of those who later passed away will allow for hospitals to be ranked in accordance with avoidable mortality...
by Clear Law | Feb 3, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A group of students from Singapore claim to have made the world’s first bed aimed specifically at reducing bedsores. The third-year students at Singapore Polytechnic came up with the innovative new system while working on their final year engineering project. The bed...
by Clear Law | Feb 2, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
The NHS has paid out just under £13 million in compensation to patients developing bed sores while in hospital over the last three years, the latest NHS Litigation Authority figures have revealed. For 2014 alone, there were 142 cases with each one averaging £32,000. A...
by Clear Law | Jan 28, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Over a million people could have been misdiagnosed with asthma, a health watchdog has warned. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said approximately one in three of the 4.1 million UK people being treated for asthma are showing no actual...
by Clear Law | Jan 23, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A nurse who lost the career she loved after a botched flu jab left her with a virtually useless left arm has been awarded more than £500,000 in damages from the NHS. The injection, administered by a colleague at the prison where she worked, caused damage to the...
