Written by Tom Barnes on 19 May 2017
The Ministry of Justice consultation "Personal injury discount rate: how it should be set in future" closed on 11th May. The consultation was first opened in March and is aimed at people and organisations with an interest in personal injury claims and damages in the UK. Read On
On 30th January 2017, the Department of Health published a 12 week consultation, closing on 2nd May 2017, seeking views on proposals to introduce a system of Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims. Read On
Written by Tom Barnes on 21 April 2017
Following an investigation ordered by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt into the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, inspectors have found that safety in maternity services "needed further improvement" as reported by the BBC. Read On
Written by Richard Stanford on 28 March 2017
Thirty-four year old David Kinnie featured on BBC Midlands Today on 21 March 2017. He has asked for his story to be told. David Kinnie suffered with a painful right hip from around 2008. It was initially put down to his weight, but did not improve despite very significant weight loss. Read On
Official figures released by NHS Litigation Authority, the body that deals with claims on behalf of the NHS, show that the NHS set aside £56 billion in 2016 to pay for medical mistakes made by their staff. This represents almost half of the total NHS budget of £116 billion. This figure is almost double the £31 billion put aside in 2014 and up from £665 million in 2005/6. Read On
At present, it appears that dissatisfaction with the NHS is filling the headlines. As portrayed in the media, it is clear that patient safety is a current public concern. This concern will only be heightened by the Junior Doctors' latest strike. Read On
A significant number of patients have been recalled as part of an investigation over the treatment given to cancer patients by urologist, and Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies' doctor, Mr Arackal Manu Nair at Solihull Hospital (Heart of England NHS Trust) and the privately-run Spire Parkway Hospital. It is alleged Mr Nair operated on one man who did not have cancer, while leaving another incontinent and infertile. Read On
Written by Richard Stanford on 9 December 2015
On 18 April 2013 Brindley Twist Tafft and James Solicitors and Barrister Teresa Hargreaves of Number 5 Chambers, Birmingham, represented the family of Jessica Strong at the inquest touching her life at Stoke Coroner's Court. The story of Jessica's short life and tragic death received coverage in the national press and on local television. Read On
Mr H of West Bromwich received £25,000 in compensation from Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust following their failure to correctly manage his broken wrist. Read On
The work of our Clinical Negligence team is wide and varied, ranging from low value claims for insignificant but unacceptable delays in treatment, to catastrophic brain injury caused by inappropriate medical treatment. Read On
