Nadia Persaud, the east London area coroner and the coroner who led the inquest about the suicide of Allison Aules, 12 in July 2022 has warned the health secretary that preventable child suicides are likely to increase unless the government provides more funding for mental health services.
Most women giving birth today expect to leave hospital safe and sound with a healthy baby. Modern medicine has led us into a false sense of security when it comes to childbirth. We all know that pregnancy and labour were highly dangerous in the past, but surely nothing catastrophic happens nowadays? If only this were true.
Ongoing Investigation into Allegations of Cover-Up and Medical Negligence at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
Analysis reveals that the compensation expenses for mothers and their families due to harm caused by NHS maternity services surpasses more than twice the amount spent by the health service on such care annually.
The issue of whether a person who witnesses a violent and/or shocking event caused by the negligence of another can claim compensation for any psychiatric injury they have suffered has always presented a challenge for the Courts.
Despite the incredible advances in medical care and treatment and the dedication of healthcare professionals to their patients, human frailty being as it is means that mistakes can happen and in the most tragic scenarios, medical negligence can cause death.
When it comes to undiagnosed cancer cases, the numbers are truly shocking. It is estimated that one million cancer diagnoses were missed across Europe in the last two years, and a new report suggests the impact of Covid-19 could set back European cancer results by almost a decade.
This Medical Negligence Claim Guide gives information on medical negligence claims.
It explains the patients’ rights who suffer surgical or medical negligence errors.
Hopefully most of us won’t need to know what medical negligence is, but as doctors are only human, it is likely that medical mistakes will continue to happen.
When lawyers talk about medical negligence, we are referring to carelessness, or substandard care, that has been provided by a medical professional to a patient, which has directly caused injury, or has caused an existing condition to get worse.
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