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Stuart Bell

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust 'requires improvement' following latest CQC investigation

I was concerned to read the latest report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) into the standard of services provided by...

16/02/24
Rebecca Tramaseur

New Maternity Triage guidance from Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: A step forward in patient care

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has released new Maternity Triage Good Practice guidance.  What does it...

13/02/24
Catherine Slattery

Medical negligence lawyer instructed to investigate Sciensus chemotherapy dosage concerns

The private pharmaceutical company Sciensus, based in England, is under investigation after inspectors from the Medicines and Healthcare...

13/02/24
Stephanie Clark

Those wronged by pre-2000 LGBT+ laws in the Armed Forces may soon have a right to compensation

In December, the Government provided its formal response to the LGBT Independent Review. This was against a background of centuries of...

08/02/24
Ayse Ince

Time to Talk Day: The charity support available following a bereavement and work to improve mental health services

On this year's Time to Talk Day we're being encouraged to talk about how we “really feel.” Therefore, I thought it would be a perfect...

31/01/24
Samantha Williams

Lawyer's concern as maternity services at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust told to improve

Since 2022, the Care Quality Commission has undertaken a maternity inspection programme with the aim of helping services improve, both at...

31/01/24
Jatinder Paul

British Army personnel struck down by cryptosporidium outbreak at Nanyuki barracks in Kenya

It has been reported that 172 British Army personnel stationed in Kenya, at Nanyuki barracks, fell ill in an apparent outbreak of...

30/01/24
Kayleigh Hunter

Gloucestershire maternity concerns are another distressing chapter in the standard of care mums and babies receive, says medical negligence lawyer

Tonight, BBC Panorama will air its findings into maternity services at the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust. The programme is...

29/01/24
Kimberley Nightingale

The importance of smear tests as figures show 3 in 10 don't attend NHS cervical cancer screening

The NHS Cervical Screening Programme 2022-2023 annual report, found that attendance of cervical screening had dropped from 69.9% the...

25/01/24
Gemma Eason

What's ‘ordinarily resident’ for the purposes of Section 117 aftercare services and when does the duty arise?

In the case of R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care...

24/01/24
Jack Lloyd

Navigating the risks of orthopaedic surgery in chronic pain cases

Orthopaedic surgery is a crucial medical intervention that aims to alleviate pain, improve function, and enhance the overall quality of...

24/01/24
Elizabeth Paterson

Cervical Cancer: Medical negligence lawyers set out the key signs and symptoms to be aware of and how we can help eliminate the disease

In the UK, all women are entitled to cervical cancer screening smear test from the age of 25.  Additionally, there’s now a vaccine...

18/01/24
Anna Vroobel

Medical negligence expert says urgent work needed to address highest level of maternity deaths in mums for 20 years

MBRRACE-UK is a collaboration appointed by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership to run the national maternal newborn and infant...

11/01/24
Vincent Nichol

Mid-air blowout on Alaska Airlines flight puts Boeing back under scrutiny

A dramatic incident involving a 737 Max 9 – flying from Portland to Ontario and operated by Alaska Airlines – occurred on Friday, 5...

10/01/24
Cathryn Godfrey

HSE prosecution for injuries caused by cows to dog walker

A recent news article regarding a dog walker on a public footpath passing through a farmer’s field was unfortunately a reminder of the...

05/01/24
Simon Lomax

Holidaymakers instruct lawyers to investigate illnesses as UK Health and Safety Agency confirm cryptosporidium cases at Fergus Club Europa in Majorca

The UK’s Health and Safety Agency (UKHSA), formerly Public Health England, has confirmed that a number of guests staying at the Fergus...

05/01/24
Jatinder Paul

Public health lawyer issues E. coli advice following recent outbreak and product recall of Mrs Kirkham's cheese

A person has reportedly died in Scotland after contracting E. coli, a particularly serious bacterial infection commonly caused by...

04/01/24
Cathryn Godfrey

New laws regarding self-driving vehicles

lt was encouraging to hear that Parliament announced the new Automated Vehicles (AV) bill, designed to put safety at the forefront of the...

03/01/24
Cathryn Godfrey

A 111% increase in reported incidents between horse riders and dog owners in two-year period

The British Horse Society confirmed a 111% increase in reported incidents with dogs over a two-year period. As a result, it published...

29/12/23
Lucy Poulson

New technology keeping cyclists safe on our roads

As we become increasingly conscious of both our health but also the impact of vehicle emissions on our environment, the number of...

20/12/23
Faith Brown

Alternative Dispute Resolution: The recent judgment made in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is an important part of the legal process for the claimant, defendant and the court. ADR provides...

19/12/23
Sophie Cuthbertson

Military Non-Freezing Cold Injury (NFCI): A legacy problem?

Cold Injury. NFCI. Trench foot. Call it what you will, it's not going away and continues to be a real problem for the modern day soldier....

18/12/23
Kate Easy

Patient safety concerns after Singleton Hospital maternity unit report published

As a specialist in claimant medical negligence, I have been following the developments at Swansea Bay University Health Board’s maternity...

15/12/23
Samantha Williams

The ambitious campaign to make cervical cancer a thing of the past

NHS England recently set out a “new and ambitious target” to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040.  Tweeting from the annual NHS Providers...

06/12/23
Irwin Mitchell

Hague 19 on Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments : what does it mean for victims of personal injury?

The Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2019 (Hague 19) is focussed on civil and commercial matters....

05/12/23
Rebecca Tramaseur

Medical negligence lawyer urges clinicians to introduce personalised mental health assessments as study finds 41 NHS Trusts use standardised tools

Mental health is complex, individual specific and is every changing. As a medical negligence solicitor I've supported a number of...

04/12/23
Angela Batchelor

Grief Awareness Week: Legal partnership with Widowed and Young provides our clients with invaluable support while steering them through litigation

As lawyers, we see first-hand the devastation families face following a bereavement.  An unexpected or traumatic death can leave our...

04/12/23
Zoe Fisher

Serious injury lawyer sets out major change to e-scooter laws as driving licence verification introduced

From 5 December, people wishing to hire an e-scooter will be required legally to provide their name, driving licence number and a...

01/12/23
Kayleigh Hunter

Changes to the Help with Fees court remission scheme aim to help more people access justice

Earlier this year The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) launched a consultation on reforms to the Help with Fees remission scheme for court and...

30/11/23
Luke Daniels

Medical negligence lawyer’s concern as Derby and Burton NHS maternity services rated as inadequate

I’ve read with concern today the conclusions from the Care Quality Commission inspectors about maternity services at the University...

29/11/23