Insights

In a recent piece of health news, it has been noted that allergy hospital admissions have increased by a third. The article states that, according to NHS Digital statistics, there were 29,544 hospi...

An interesting recent case (Bell v Ashford & St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust, 27 July 2016, LTL 28/7/2016 extempore) concerned a patient who had oesophageal cancer which was being treated.  The p...

Many of the cases that clinical negligence practitioners work on have resulted in a “Serious Incident Investigation” by the hospital; but what is a “Serious Incident” and its i...

Each Baby Counts is the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ (RCOG) national quality improvement programme aimed at reducing the number of babies who die or who are left severely disab...

I recently reported in Lexis®PSL Personal Injury on the interesting case of (1) Connor Smith (2) Nicola Smith v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB), following the judgment of His H...

An interesting case on causation (John v Central Manchester & Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) was resolved last month, the first case of material contribution fol...

In a recent case, Arkless v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board, the High Court determined liability relating to a scaphoid fracture.  The importance of this case is that doctors are taught...

The recent case of Grimstone v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, which was heard in November last year with the judgment given 2 days before Christmas, is another interesting case on...