As recently reported by the BBC,  a failure by the NHS has resulted in  around 40,000 women in England not receiving letters regarding cervical cancer smear tests, including invitation and reminder letters, and abnormal test results. These errors occurred between January and June 2018 by Capita, the company responsible for […]

The government funded a report by the Each Baby Counts project to analyse cases of stillbirth, neonatal death and babies born with brain damage in NHS maternity units.  Each Baby Counts is the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ national quality improvement programme, which was created to reduce the number […]

The BBC has reported an increase in patients who are facing long waiting lists for tests such as scans and biopsies. A BBC investigation revealed that long waits experienced by patients are as a result of staff shortages in hospitals across the UK, particularly radiographers. According to The Society of […]

We are delighted to announce that the firm and two of its senior solicitors have retained their “Band One” ranking, the highest ranking available, in the 2019 edition of the Chambers and Partners directory. Chambers and Partners is the UK’s leading directory for legal services and is a ‘guide to […]

Blog by Mehmooda Duke, CEO of Moosa-Duke Solicitors   Mehmooda Duke, Imaan Duke and Asif Moosa all from Moosa- Duke Solicitors reached the Summit of Kilimanjaro on 19th October 2018. Imaan is my daughter and Asif is my Brother. I am an ambassador for Healing Little Hearts and did the […]

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court recently ruled that a hospital trust was negligent due to the ‘incomplete and misleading’ information a receptionist provided about waiting times in an A&E Department. In 2010, Michael Darnley sought medical care at Mayday Hospital in Croydon after being struck over the back […]

As recently reported in the BBC, new draft guidelines for the NHS are advising that women who need treatment for urinary incontinence should only be offered mesh surgery as a last resort. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Society of Urogynaecology have confirmed their support of […]

The Telegraph has reported that an independent review into maternity care provided by the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust (“the Trust”), has increased into looking at over 100 cases. In 2017, the former Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, ordered an independent inquiry led by Ms Donna Ockenden, a Senior Midwife. At […]

The BBC has reported that a survey held by the Royal College of Pathologists indicates that patients are facing delays in diagnosis due to shortages among pathology staff. The survey found that of the NHS histopathology departments that responded, only 3% had enough staff to meet current clinical demand. Professor […]

The Meningitis Research Foundation is campaigning for more urgency and monitoring to ensure that parents receive proper advice regarding potential bacterial meningitis and sepsis cases among babies and young children. Kirstie Walkden, a mother to a nine month old, is supporting this campaign. Mrs Walkden’s daughter, Amy, had been taken […]