Action for Brain Injury Week 2016
This year ‘Action for Brain Injury Week’ is the week 9 – 15 May. The annual awareness week highlights the importance of seeking medical attention should you feel ill in any way after an accident, particularly after a head injury. This year’s campaign will focus upon concussion in sport. Progress has been made in elite…
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It’s All In Your Head
A book published in 2015 by Suzanne O’Sullivan, a medic who now specialises in treating patients with epilepsy, focuses on psychosomatic illness which she says is more common than is diagnosed. She considers that where there is no physical disease but symptoms are suffered, then the illness must be psychosomatic; she estimates that 70% of…
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GMC seeks to reduce number of misconduct investigations
Recent proposals from the General Medical Council (GMC), the regulator of doctors, aim to ease the burden on doctors by reducing the number of investigations it conducts in relation to allegations of misconduct or poor treatment by doctors. The GMC is an independent organisation that is responsible for registering doctors to practise in the UK.…
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Nigel Gibbs wins damages over Leeds United FC
The former Assistant Manager of Leeds United has been awarded £331,426 in damages following a hearing at the high court in which Mr Justice Langstaff ruled that his treatment amounted to constructive dismissal. Nigel Gibbs joined Leeds United in April 2013 on a £200,000 a year fixed term contract. This included an annual salary rising…
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What is Presbycusis (Age Related) Hearing loss?
Age related hearing loss (Presbycusis) generally occurs to people over 50 years old, however deterioration in hearing can start when you’re as young as 18 years old. Men tend to be diagnosed with age related hearing loss more than women, and it may only become noticeable in later life therefore diagnosis can happen a long…
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To Inspect Or Not To Inspect? – Public Liability Matters
It has recently been discussed online that a mother, Sharon Catlin, was scarred for life following an operation after a trip on a broken drain cover. Ms Catlin advised she couldn’t see how Havering Council couldn’t take responsibility, however the council confirmed they had fulfilled their legal duties, meaning they had not been negligent…
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Volkswagen Emissions Claim Update
Volkswagen has yesterday agreed to offer “substantial compensation” and car buy-back deals as part of a settlement of the diesel emissions scandal to US owners. The US government have struck a deal with the automaker for them to buy back some of the nearly 600,000 affected diesel cars, they have also reportedly agreed to spend…
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8 years imprisonment for a dentistry disaster
A Dutchman dubbed the ‘dentist of horror’ has been sentenced to 8 years in France for putting patients to sleep and mutilating their mouths whilst unconscious. Jacobus van Nierop showed no remorse in Court and often responded to questions with ‘no comment’. The Court appreciated how vulnerable his patients were, throwing themselves at his mercy…
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What is Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)?
Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) can be caused by either continuous exposure to loud noise, such as a noisy machine at work, or a one-time impulse exposure, such as an explosion. Activities and hobbies such as target shooting, attending loud concerts, playing in a band or blasting music through your headphones all contribute to…
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