by Clear Law | Apr 7, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
The biggest hospital in Sussex has admitted that it put patients at risk of catching a fatal bug after a woman died in their care. 78-year-old Joan Rayment from Brighton caught legionella during her stay at the town’s Royal Sussex County hospital. The bacterium causes...
by Clear Law | Apr 2, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Major changes to England’s care system are being introduced today (1st April). The changes apply to the care system for elderly people as well as that for younger adults with disabilities and are being dubbed the ‘biggest shake-up in the last 60 years’. It is hoped...
by Clear Law | Apr 2, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A mother who suffered acute brain damage, due to medical negligence following the birth of her third child, has won the right to more than £500,000 damages from the NHS. An obstetric emergency had developed during the child’s birth when a scar left by a previous...
by Clear Law | Apr 1, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Research conducted by the BBC has highlighted hospital debts in the East of England which could be putting patients at risk. Some of East Anglia’s key hospitals – including Milton Keynes, Colchester, Peterborough and Stamford, Mid Essex, Kings Lynn, Ipswich,...
by Clear Law | Mar 31, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published a revised code of contact today (31st March), intended to place the expectations of patients at the heart of professional nursing and midwifery practice. The new code has been put in place to reflect the many...
by Clear Law | Mar 30, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
An investigation into Hackney’s Homerton hospital where four women died before or during childbirth in the space of 12 months has discovered a number of concerns at the hospital. Inspectors from the NHS London clinical senate established that staff at the hospital...
