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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 a clinic in the Suffolk area and noted that there…

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…

Misdiagnosis of cancer in general practice

With the rise of telephone consultations and face to face consultations with a GP falling, are GPs failing to recognise vital signs of cancer?   Following the Covid-19 Pandemic and the change to hold more telephone consultations over face to face appointments, there has been a rise of failing to misdiagnose critical medical conditions, one…

Tara Moss Medical Negligence claim

Tara Moss, a former model and now crime novelist, pursues legal action against her doctor for Medical negligence.   From 2016 to 2017, Tara Moss had undergone eight consultations regarding the pain in her hip. What started as a dull pain in her right pelvis deteriorated into a serious complex regional nerve damage eventually causing…

Unnecessary NHS delays

Every year, close to 700,000 people are harmed in safety incidents in the NHS. APIL’s latest analysis shows that only a tiny percentage of these individuals go on to claim compensation.   Some of these people who are subject to such safety incidents will desperately need support to rebuild their life, and compensation can be…