Government Warns Autism Diagnosis In Children Must Improve
Government health advisors have warned that Autism diagnosis and care in children must improve with NHS staff urged to work more effectively with schools care workers and charities to bring about...
View ArticleClinical Negligence Cases Enforce Change And Improvement In NHS
For anyone who has more than a passing concern for the NHS and patient welfare the proposed cuts to legal aid are worrying. As my colleague pointed out recently any savings made by cutting legal aid...
View ArticleDePuy Recalls Replacement Hip Systems
DePuy Orthopaedics a leading manufacturer of replacement joints have recently reported that 1 in 8 patients who had their hip systems implanted required second surgeries. Subsequently DePuy have...
View ArticleAsbestos – The Hidden Killer
Great to see the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) launching their ‘Hidden Killer’ campaign aimed at promoting awareness of asbestos. Far from being an historical problem around 4000 people die each...
View ArticleStudy Finds Link Between Industrial Solvent And Parkinson’s Disease
I have been following with interest reports of a major breakthrough in establishing links between Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Parkinson’s disease. Scientists from America and Europe found in a study...
View ArticleNHS In Wales Offers To Remove PIP Breast Implants
In a further development in the ongoing PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) breast implants controversy the Welsh government has pledged to replace the implants of any women where there is a clinical need....
View ArticleDePuy Hip Implants, Toxic & Dangerous
DePuy, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, are a manufacturer of metal-on-metal hip replacements. Yet, despite the company knowing that this was a potentially dangerous product, they continued...
View ArticleDental Negligence Case Study
The Claimant was 50 years old when she had her upper right seventh tooth extracted by the Defendant. The Claimant complained of a sharp pain immediately following the extraction. Eventually, the pain...
View Article£27,000 For Lady Suffering After Botched Surgery
Lucy Hart, a 28 year old bank manager from Surrey, has been awarded £27,000 in compensation after a botched operation carried out by the NHS. Miss Hart had been suffering from a cyst and excessive skin...
View ArticleHuge Variations In NHS Postcode Lottery Completely Unfair For Patients
It is well documented that there is wide-scale disparity in the treatments and waiting times available on the NHS across the UK. There is almost an unofficial ‘postcode lottery’ with the provision of...
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