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Clinical Negligence

Bankrupting the NHS?

Richard Lodge | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Law, Legal, NHS Litigation, Clinical Negligence, Nhs, Welfare State, Healthcare, Nhs Reform, UK News
Richard Lodge

Repealing the 1948 Act will not reduce the amount the NHS is required to pay to meet claimants' future care needs. In the majority of cases involving catastrophic injuries - such as birth injury, acquired brain injury and spinal injury claims - the claimant requires social rather than nursing/medical care.

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Savita Halappanavar's Death - A Human Rights Issue

Barbara Hewson | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Abortion, Maternal Death, Republic of Ireland, Miscarriage, Savita Halappanavar, Human Rights, Manslaughter, Right to Life, Degrading Treatment, Clinical Negligence, Obstetricians, UK Politics News
Barbara Hewson

The problem which Ireland now faces is that Ms Halappanavar's Convention rights under Articles 3 and 8 appear to have been breached, as well as her right to life. She was in a position of great vulnerability, yet she seems to have been treated deplorably.

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11-Year-Old Girl Wins Millions Medical Negligence Case

Posted 30.04.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Milly Evans, Cerebral Palsy, Compensation, Medical Compensation, Clinical-Negligence, Milly Evans Medical Negligence, UK News

A girl who suffered devastating injuries at birth is to receive compensation worth £10.8 million. The sum awarded to 11-year-old Milly Evans at Lo...

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The Amount We Pay For NHS Mistakes Is Rising, Figures Show

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Whitehall, National Health Service, UK News, Department of Health, Andrew Lansley, Clinical Negligence, Nhs, UK Politics News

The number of claims made against the NHS for clinical negligence has risen by 9% in the last year, as new figures show the taxpayer is liable for up ...

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