Clinical Negligence Blog

On Thursday evening I attended the inaugural Manchester Legal Awards at the Midland Hotel. This was an exciting event where the Manchester legal world was celebrated. I was absolutely delighted to receive, with Richard Scorer, Head of our Personal Injury Department, the award for Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Team of the Year, ahead of the other shortlisted candidates, Irwin Mitchell an...

I read with some interest a couple of weeks ago an article in the Manchester Evening News about calls for an independent inquiry into Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Trust which runs Tameside General Hospital. A petition was set up seeking public support for such an investigation and 4 local MPs were reported to have said that they had lost confidence in the Hospital Trust’s management...

As disturbing as the recent trend in young girls aspiring to plastic surgery (see blog 4.11.2009) is the increase in young men resorting to the use of anabolic steroids in a bid to achieve the perfect six-pack.

Whilst steroids were once associated with body builders or gym buffs, a new survey suggests that it is becoming increasingly popular for the average Joe to use the drugs on the advic...

An Independent Inquiry into failings of care at Mid Staffordshire Hospital published its findings today revealing that patients were “routinely neglected” whilst the Trust focused on cost cutting and targets to the detriment of basic patient care.

The Inquiry was chaired by Robert Francis QC which was commissioned by the Health Secretary, Andy Burnham following and Investigation by the Heal...

Julia Hurstfield from our Clinical Negligence Department will be representing Pannone LLP at the annual Kidz in the Middle exhibition at the Recoh Centre in Coventry on 11 March 2010.

This free event, organised by Manchester based charity Disabled Living, aims to provide disabled children as well as their parents, teachers, carers and other professionals with advice and support on how to...

The private inquiry set up by the Health Secretary Andy Burnham in July 2009 to inquire into the circumstances of patient care at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 2005 – 2009 has now reported its findings (link to the report here).

Chaired by Mr Robert Francis QC, the Inquiry has concluded that substandard care was a...

Recently published NICE guidelines now call for all patients admitted to hospital in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to be assessed for the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis.

DVT can often be prevented with leg compression stockings and blood thinning drugs and yet hospitals are failing to recognise when a patient is at risk: a BBC report estimates that 25,000 people die each year from DVT. ...

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