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In the article, a summary of some clinical negligence cases are discussed along with their outcomes.  Mackenzie provides an overview of a recent case law, including a decision on the liability of A&a...

I have recently written for Lexis Nexis on the case of Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 2301 (QB). The case is a very interesting case because it concerned allegations agains...

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) published its annual Report and Accounts for 2014/15 on Friday, 17 July 2015 .  The Chief Executive Officer (Helen Vernon) claims in her report at the beginning (...

In a recent clinical negligence case heard in the High Court, EXP v Dr Charles Simon Barker, the Court had to consider both the procedural and substantive implications of an expert’s conflict of int...

In an article published on 5 May 2015 in the British Medical Journal, a consultant cardiologist in Exeter, Dr John Dean, has hit out at the pernicious effect of private healthcare on the NHS, branding...

According to the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, a government document published by the Cabinet Office last month, if there was a widespread outbreak of a bacterial infection that antibio...

There has been much written recently about Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon following the high profile withdrawal on 9 January 2015 of Circle, the private company who were contracted to run the h...

Jock Mackenzie discusses time and event cause and effect, negligence in pre-existing disabilities and strikes against a doctor’s name In Megan Baynham v Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust [2...