The fundamental challenge presently facing Accident & Emergency (A&E) services today is seeing more emergency patients, without letting waiting times increase and quality of patient care and safety fall. The key waiting target is currently set at 95 per cent of A&E attendees being seen within four hours. The latest […]
Read MoreMr Z fell from his bicycle and injured his lower leg. The following day, his leg was painful, red and swollen. He therefore attended the Accident & Emergency department at his local hospital. No x-ray was requested or carried out and Mr Z was discharged later the same day with […]
Read MoreA Board Paper by NHS England into the new non-emergency helpline has revealed that it is in a ‘fragile’ state with calls bring routinely unanswered, putting lives at risk. The report explains that “NHS 111 was introduced to make it easier for the public to access urgent healthcare services. It […]
Read MoreFifty NHS Trusts are due to be inspected in light of the failings highlighted by the Mid-Staffordshire scandal. The Trusts, which have all given cause for concern, will each undergo a four-week inspection as part of a new regime led by the Chief Inspector of hospitals. The inspection teams will […]
Read MoreMoosa-Duke Solicitors have this month successfully concluded a claim which arose as a result of poor nursing and medical care at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Mr X saw a local GP complaining of vomiting copious amounts of green bile. He was diagnosed with a water infection and poor kidney function and […]
Read MoreIn July 2012 the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts (JCPCT) made a decision that the children’s heart surgery units at Leeds General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and Royal Brompton Hospital in London would close. A proposal was made that treatment would instead be concentrated at seven specialist hospitals. […]
Read MoreThe Law society has warned of the risk of people taking the law into their own hands, now that legal aid is no longer available for cases involving divorce, child custody, clinical negligence, welfare, employment, immigration, housing, debt, benefit and education. The government’s aim is to try and reduce the […]
Read MoreJonathan Jones, one of our most regularly instructed barristers from No 5 Chambers, Birmingham has become a QC (Queen’s Counsel).
Read MoreFigures show that the availability of common surgical procedures across England vary due to restrictions put in place by some Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). Due to the costs of surgery, research shows that the number hernia repairs, hip and knee replacement, cataract and varicose vein operation are restricted by some […]
Read MoreRecent Department of Health research demonstrates that people with learning disabilities are likely to die on average 16 years earlier due to NHS failings such as delays or problems investigating, diagnosing and treating illness. Researchers at Bristol University looked at the death rates of people at five Primary Care Trusts […]
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