Clinical negligence

Articles

The largest review of maternity services in the UK – Nottingham and the Ockenden Review

Greg Almond and Julie Walker provide an update on the Ockenden Review and the level of progress being made to address the failings within maternity services

Kings Chambers adds new member

Manchester barristers set Kings Chambers is continuing to grow following the arrival of personal injury and clinical negligence barrister Victoria Heyworth

High Court confirms three fresh inquests in Gosport War Memorial Hospital case

The inquests will take place into the deaths of Arthur Denis Brian Cunningham, Gladys Mabel Richards and Robert Wilson who all died at Gosport War Memorial Hospital in Hampshire in 1998

The UK maternity care crisis: £5bn in avoidable damages claims

Billions of pounds in NHS damages claims could have been avoided had recommendations from past reviews been followed by action, argues Kerstin Scheel

Personal injury and clinical negligence costs: the gathering storm

James Winterbottom provides a detailed look at the issues with the government's proposals

Leigh Day represents family of former NHS doctor who died of neglect in hospital

Findings of neglect in such cases are 'extremely rare'

The NHS' 'normal' birth drive: putting patient safety above targets

Eleanor Giblin and Emma-Jayne Rudland explore the NHS policy to limit access to caesarean sections

South Africa: options for employees injured by vaccinations

Talita Laubscher and Melissa Cogger explore how employees may be entitled to compensation from employers if they suffer injury, illness or death following a covid vaccination