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Doctor struck off medical register to ‘protect the public’, tribunal rules

A consultant neurologist has been struck off the medical register after being at the centre of Northern Ireland’s biggest patient recall.   The tribunal ruled that removing Michael Watt from the register was the ‘only available option’ to protect the public. Michael Watt worked as a neurologist at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital. But in 2018,…

Eligibility for Orthopaedic Negligence Claims

Legal claims for negligent care regarding orthopaedic conditions can cover a variety of different areas and scenarios.   This article details these areas and whether negligence may have occurred during the consultation, treatment or even surgery phase of the patient journey.     Which parts of the body does orthopaedics cover? Bones Cartilage Joints Ligaments…

Maternity services in one of London’s biggest hospitals needs ‘urgent improvement’

An inspection by health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), rated the maternity services at St. George’s Hospital as ‘inadequate’, following inspection in March.   Maternity services were given an overall rating of inadequate, as well as, having been rated inadequate in ‘safe’ and ‘well-led’. The CQC’s deputy director of secondary and specialist healthcare, stated:…

Doctor admits to failings which ‘fell seriously below the standard expected’

The failings led to the death of four-day-old baby boy, Finnley James Adam Morris.   Dr. Dhulipala qualified in 2001, having trained in India and worked at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool between 2019 and 2020 before moving to Blackpool where she was employed as a registrar. When baby Finnley was born at Blackpool…

The inquest into the death of Evelin Chacko

Concerns were raised over the care provided by the Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton Social Services and Greater Manchester Mental Health teams following the tragic death of Evelin Chacko in July 2020.   Evelin was a loving and caring 16 year old student of Bolton College. Unfortunately, she had a history of self-harm and suicide attempts…

Smiles Better Dentistry – BBC fake Google reviews report

In a continuation of the story we reported on yesterday, the BBC has looked into Smiles Better Dentistry in Manchester.   The company has been investigated for fake reviews that have been placed on Google. The BBC investigation has found that a number of reviews left on the website were to be considered fake. This…

Fake Google clinic reviews – BBC report

There has been a warning over medical clinics using fake Google Reviews, according to a recent BBC report.   This has been highlighted as a ‘significant and persistent problem’ and has appeared in a number of companies reviewed. The BBC has reported that it investigated an Ipswich clinic and noted that there was a 4.9-star…

West Midlands Ambulance Service failings

The BBC has recently reported that a Trust audit of West Midlands Ambulance Service stated that ‘more than half of all serious incidents where patients came to harm were due to clinical errors’.     They have also ‘identified a number of incidents that were not investigated’. The service has since taken steps to investigate…

Junior doctors strike set for July

Junior doctors across England have announced that they are to be taking further strike action for a period of 5 days in July.   The British Medical Association have confirmed that the strikes will run from 13 July 2023 and 18 July 2023. This is thought to be the longest single period of industrial action…

Royal Sussex County Hospital – Clinical Negligence Allegations

Allegations of widespread clinical negligence have been made against Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.   Whistleblowers have claimed that this sub-standard practice may have taken place between 2015 and 2020 in the neurosurgery and general surgery departments. The whistleblowers included a coroner and two surgeons who worked at the hospital. They have now been…