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New report evaluates performance of RTA claims process objectives
A report commissioned by the Ministry of Justice has compared the management information data of several personal injury claimant solicitor firms and defendant insurers. This was done in order to evaluate the extent to which the existing low value Road Traffic Accident (RTA) claims process has achieved its objectives in…
Patients at risk when junior doctors start work, admits NHS Medical Director
Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, has admitted that patients in English hospitals are at risk during the first week of August when junior doctors start their new jobs. For some time there have been concerns about the welfare of patients who are in hospital during this period, which has…
Kane Gorny dies in hospital from dehydration after calling police to help him get drink of water
A 22 year old man, Kane Gorny, has died in hospital from dehydration after having previously resorted to calling the police to ask for a drink of water. Rita Cronin, Kane’s mother, has revealed that when the police turned up at St George's Hospital in Tooting, doctors turned them away.…
LCP is "assisted death pathway", states Professor
Doctors have been accused by senior consultant Professor Patrick Pullicino of using a care pathway as an equivalent of euthanasia. Professor Pullicino, who works at East Kent Hospitals, has described the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) as being used by doctors as an “assisted death pathway”. The LCP, which is used…
Devastated family call for better post-operative care
The family of Ron Shute, a 74 year old man who died following a routine liver biopsy, have called for Weston General Hospital to improve its post-operative care. Mr Shute suffered an abdominal hemorrhage on January 19th 2011 following his liver biopsy, which was described by Dr Christopher Cook, his…
Governments plan to use specialists in diagnosis of whiplash claims supported by leading GP
The Governments plans to cut the cost of whiplash claims by requiring claimants to undergo examination by a specialist has been supported by top GP Dr Peter Swinyard. Dr Swinyard, chairman of the Family Doctors Association, has spoken out about the significant increase in patients complaining of stiff necks following…
Hospital negligence leads to womans suicide
A woman who suffered from episodes of severe depression has committed suicide by stepping in the path of a train. The woman, who had required hospitalisation, was admitted to a Psychiatric Unit and granted unlimited escorted leave with staff, her parents or her partner. Whilst in hospital, she was also…
ABSs established to avoid referral fee ban leave SRA powerless
Preventing the establishment of companies who could get around the ban on referral fees has been described by regulators as something which they would be powerless to. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced today that alternative business structures (ABS) encompassing both law firms and claims management companies may not fall…
Tracy Hall dies aged 38 with coroner stating a quicker diagnosis could have prevented her death
An inquest at Leeds Coroner’s Court has heard that a mother of two from Castleford who died due to multi-organ failure may have lived if doctors had acted quicker. Tracy Hall died at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield on May 12th 2009 aged 38. Carol Harris, her mother, has now joined…
Law Society seek City firms support for LASPO effect
The support of big City law firms is being requested by the Law Society for a high-profile initiative which is hoping to help high street practices and their clients meet the challenges that they are now facing due to legal aid cuts. A key focus is to ensure that the…
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