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I recently settled a rather unusual spinal injury clinical negligence claim. For approximately 2 years following the development of back pain whilst moving a heavy load, my client, who was the Claiman...

I recently read, without any particular surprise, two articles in The Guardian newspaper from 17 March 2024 (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/17/nhs-ombudsman-rob-behrens-serious-issues-co...

 It is unusual for large quantum cases in clinical negligence to end up at trial. Nevertheless, it does happen probably every few years or so. CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust...

The General Medical Council (GMC) provides its core guidance on the standards of patient care and professional behaviour, which it expects of all medical professionals registered with it, in the form...

From 1 April 2019, NHS Resolution (NHSR) started operating a new state indemnity scheme for General Practitioners in England. It is called the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP)....

In the case of Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 1171 (QB) [Phoebe Charmaine Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 1171...

The NHS began to transfer from locally-held paper-based patient records to electronic health records (EHRs) in the mid-2000s with the plan being to ensure that patients across the UK had centrally-acc...

It is often difficult to identify and diagnose a rare medical condition in a patient and make sure they receive appropriate treatment. It is sometimes the case that a number of working diagnoses have...