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...
by Clear Law | Mar 30, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
The family of a pensioner whose death was partly down to failings by Sunderland Royal hospital have received an out-of-court settlement. 75-year-old Jean James died last year after medics at the hospital failed to give her the necessary medication to prevent her from...
by Clear Law | Mar 27, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Clear Law is backing calls from MPs to establish a national body to investigate medical accidents happening in England. The House of Commons Public Administration select committee said the service needs to be established immediately to tackle the scale of issues in...
by Clear Law | Mar 27, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A medical centre in Barnsley is potentially facing hundreds of legal claims after vaccines were found to have been stored in in a faulty fridge for five years, compromising their effectiveness for patients. Over 500 children now face having to be reinoculated because...
by Clear Law | Mar 26, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A leading health think tank has branded NHS services in England the worst they have been since the early 1990s. The King’s Fund review said A&E waiting times, cancer care and operations in general were getting worse, with deficits growing. It acknowledged...
