I spent last week undertaking work experience at Moosa-Duke Solicitors.  It was a fantastic experience, that gave me a fascinating insight into the law.  They say there are two sides to every story, but something that stuck with me was that not everyone has the same ability and opportunity to […]

We were honoured to appear in the latest edition of the Cauda Equina Champions Charity newsletter, welcoming us as one of their panel firms: We are proud to welcome Moosa-Duke Solicitors to our legal panel. Moosa-Duke Solicitors is a niche clinical negligence practice, winning Leicestershire Law Society Small Law firm […]

MOOSA-DUKE niche clinical negligence firm, with specialist expertise in Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) cases,  is delighted to have joined the legal panel of Cauda Equina Champions Charity.  Claire Thornber and her team are passionate about supporting those who suffer with Cauda Equina Syndrome and pushing for greater awareness of the […]

There continues to be considerable concerns that the health sector is failing patients with mental health problems .The  Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found  in 2018 that vulnerable patients were being badly let down by the NHS and  the number of recent reports regarding the  quality of care in the […]

NHS Resolution, the organisation that handles claims against the NHS, has recently published three reports which highlight clinical issues in A&E departments, which contribute to claims being pursued. The reports also discuss how claims can provide learning for clinicians so that safety and patient experience can be enhanced. Claim numbers […]

What is the Ockenden Review? The Ockenden Review is an inquiry into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH). It was launched in 2017 after the families of Kate Stanton-Davies and Pippa Griffiths, who both tragically died a few hours after they were born, wrote to the […]

Moosa-Duke Solicitors are delighted and enormously proud that its founder Mehmooda Duke MBE DL has, by Royal Warrant,  been appointed the High Sheriff of Leicestershire.  The High Sheriff is the Queen’s representative in the county for matters relating to the judiciary and the maintenance of law and order.  The High Sheriff […]

The BBC reported during their Panorama programme, Maternity Scandal: Fighting for the Truth, on 23.02.22 that “babies who should have been perfectly healthy, suffered permanent injuries or died.” The maternity unit at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been under investigation since the early 2000’s for repeated […]

It is reported by Cancer Research that there are around 3,200 new cervical cancer cases in the UK every year, (data last collated between 2016-2018). In Wales, it was reported in 2019 that around 160 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed annually.  It has recently been reported that there will be changes to the […]

A new report from the Baby Lifeline charity explores the training opportunities available for staff working in the NHS maternity service during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how this relates to the factors that contribute to the avoidable harm and deaths of mothers, and their babies. The report was based on […]