Written by Richard Stanford on 27 February 2023
The ongoing strikes of nurses, ambulance workers and now junior doctors could bring a tidal wave of medical negligence claims against the NHS. Delays in treatment resulting in serious harm is likely to provide patients or their families grounds for action. Read On
Written by Tom Barnes on 17 October 2022
Despite what I do for a living, I have the greatest respect for the NHS and its staff. They mostly do an exceptional job. Indeed, a number of my own family are clinical staff within the NHS. They accept that when the NHS makes mistakes then it is only proper that victims are compensated. A bit like the Medical Experts who we use in cases. They are not pro-Claimant, they just recognise that the only real way to drive up standards in the NHS is to recognise mistakes. Read On
Written by Adam Lloyd on 4 April 2022
The long-awaited final report of Ms Donna Ockenden, Senior Midwife was published earlier this week, on 30 March 2022. This report follows on from Ms Ockenden’s previous report published in December 2020. Read On
Written by Tom Barnes on 5 February 2019
It is probably little known to most that General Practitioners (GPs) do not have insurance to treat you. Instead, GPs are required to be a member of a “Defence Union”, which provides discretionary indemnity arrangements in the case of a negligence claim. Read On
Written by Tom Barnes on 28 July 2017
New government plans may make it difficult for the NHS to learn from its mistakes and also deny those bereaved by the blunders unable to find a lawyer who can help them according to a report in The Telegraph. Read On
