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This week, 18-24 January 2021, is cervical cancer prevention week. With the delays, disruption and changes in healthcare provision as a result of prioritising treatment of patients with COVID-19, I wa...
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The Godfather, Lord of the Rings, and Back to the Future: what do all of these film series have in common? They are trilogies. For those of you who are avid readers of my blogs, you will know that...
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This week has been a rollercoaster week for Claimant clinical negligence lawyers. On Tuesday 21 January 2020, BBC news reported that the NHS faced a huge clinical negligence legal fees bills amounting...
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Back in November 2017 I wrote about the case of XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWHC 2318. I concluded my previous blog with: “given the comments by the Judge could it be that further dev...
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Jock Mackenzie & Amy Wedgwood outline an important decision relating to summary judgement in clinical negligence. To read the full article, please click here: PI Focus - December 2018...
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Hewes v Dr Tanna & Ors [2018] EWHC 2715 (QB) Decision to award summary judgment in a clinical negligence case overturned The case of Hewes v Dr Tanna & Ors is one which has already caused...
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Unfortunately, failing to diagnose cancer happens all too often. Things can be missed, warning signs not picked up and by the time it is eventually identified survival rates have dropped, and treatmen...
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At the end of April this year the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published a report into the state of care in independent acute hospitals. As you may have seen in the national press, the report receive...
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